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their people to the upper world, they planted first a tinjo^ White Fir, 

 and next a Fsele ; when both of these failed to pierce the roof of the 

 underworld, they planted a po^ reed, and by this the people climbed 

 out. This version coincides with the Oraibi and Shipaulovi stories.^ 



The New Mexican Tewa say that the sq'wse,^ pine-squirrel, eats the 

 leaves of the tse. 



Hodge ^ gives Tse-tdoa as a tree clan at San Ildefonso. 



Ten.uM''iy Jcio^, 'winter oak' {teniiAii, winter; hwse,, oak). 

 Quercus undnlata. Evergreen Oak. 

 This is a small evergreen species abundant on the mesa sides. 



Kivx. 



Qaerctis utahensis. Utah Oak. 

 This is the common oak along the streams. The acorns were used 

 for food.^ The wood was used for making digging-sticks and many 

 other things, including bows and war-clubs. Iron is called hivseky^yf^ 

 a word co- nected with Icwse-ht, ' Mexican.' The first syllable of these 

 two words sounds exactly like Icwae, 'oak'. 



At Hano oak is used for making rabbit- sticks, embroidery-stretch- 

 ers, and other utensils. 



Hodge* gives as Oak clans at various pueblos: Santa Clara, ; 



Pecos, Gyxu'C^^li; Laguna, Jldpai-hdno^^ ; Acoma, Hdponyi-lidnoif^ ; 

 Sia, lidpan-hdno; San Felipe, Ildpanyi-hdno; Cochiti, Ildpanyi- 

 hdnuch. 



There is an Oak clan {Kioxtowh) at Santa Clara. The Oak clan 

 {Kinspimnd) at Hano has become extinct within living memory; it is 

 said to have accompanied the Asa clans who settled with the Hopi. 



SHRUBS 



''Antamisd (> Spanish). 



Artemisia (? sp.), New Mexican Spanish altamisa. 

 One use of this plant is reported under kojaje^ page 56. 



Sdbo¥uwap\\ 'mist plant' {soio¥inva, mist; /)'<?, plant). San 

 Ildefonso, p'y, fssR'iy, ' white rabbit-brush ' (p'li, Chrysotham- 

 nus bigelovii; fs3^, white). 

 Artemisia filif alia. Silver Sage. 

 This is a favorite remedy with the New Mexican Tewa and at Hano. 

 Bundles of the plant are dried for winter use. It is chewed and 

 swallowed with water, or drunk in a hot decoction, as a remedy foi 

 indigestion, flatulence, biliousness, etc. A bundle of the plants steeped 

 in boiling water and wrapped in a cloth is applied to the stomach as a 

 hot compress. 



1 Cf. H. R. Voth, Traditions of the Hopi, pp. 10, 16. 

 "^Amer. Anfhr., ix, p. 352, 1896. 



3 Benavides mentions acorns among the food products of the Santa Pe di.strict. 



4 Op. cit.,p. 351. 



