KOBIUNR, HARRINGTON 

 FRIOIIUO-MARRECO 



] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 45 



Artemisia filifolia, soboF Ha/raj)' e^ is sometimes confused with Arte- 

 misia canadensis. 



P'y, fs'seHy., 'white rabbit-brush.' 



Artmnkia jiUfolla. 

 See sdbok'uwap'c, above. 



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Ai'temisia tridentata. Rocky Mountain Sage, Sagebrush. New 

 Mexican Spanish ehamiso Tiediondo, "stinking greasewood," 

 estajiata, estajiate. 

 The dry bushes are used for fuel where no iirewood is available, as 

 for example, on the journe}'^ from San Juan to Taos. 



All the New Mexican sages are used at Santa ('lara in the treatment 

 of indigestion, and this species, the most pungent of all, is considered 

 a very effectual remedy though disagreeably strong. It is certain!}^ 

 useful in dispelling flatulence. It is also said to be a good remedy for 

 a constant feeble cough with ineffectual expectoration. In both cases 

 the leaves are chewed and swallowed. 



Qwse. Called also 7/6^ Mit) (//<', stick, wood; >?v^, hard). 

 Cercocarpus montanus. Mountain Mahogany. New Mexican 

 Spanish j>(2?o duro., "hard wood." (See flg. 3.) 

 Puqwxdlp'e., 'rabbit-sticks' (;>M, rabbit, cotton-tail rabbit; qwseA, 

 strike; j»>'f^, stick) are made of the wood of this plant. 



The leaves of old plants, or entire j'oung plants, are mixed with 

 salt, and powdered by pounding. The mixture stirred in cold water 

 is drunk as a laxative. 



ChrysotJiamnu-'ihlgeTovll. Rabbit-brush. (See pis. 4, a, 8, h.) 

 The Tewa of Hano give this name to Bigelovia higeJovii or B. graveo- 

 lens.^ Like the Hopi, the}'^ use it largely for making wind-breaks and 

 other shelters for melon plants and .young peach trees, and in dam- 

 ming washes and small arroyos. The March-April moon is called 

 p'ulcapo, 'rabbit-brush shelter moon,' because wind-breaks and dams 

 are then renewed. A mat or bundle of 7/^, along with a rabbit-skin 

 blanket, is used to close the hatchway of the estufa when warmth or 

 privacy is desired. P''ii7nele, ' rabbit-brush balls,' the white galls which 

 appear on Chrysotliamnus Ingeloini or C. graveolens^ are strung as beads 

 and hung round babies' necks to stop their dribbling. The flowers, 

 p'updbi, are boiled to make a yellow d}^e for woolen yarn.^ 



1 The Hopi call Bigelovia graveolens lianoMvapi, because the Tewa of the pueblo of Hano carry great 

 bundles of it for firewood. (See Hough, Amer. Anthr., vol. x, no. 2, 1897, p. 39.) 



2 The Navaho boil Bigelovia graveolens for yellow dye. (See Matthew.s, Third Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 

 p. 377.) 



