FKEfSriuSfJo"™^'] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 47 



The .slender branches are ])ound together and used as tap'eni, 

 'brooms' {ta, grass; i^'tni^ of obscure etymology), for rough outdoor 

 sweeping. 



Arrows are made of the straight slender branches. 

 At San Ildefonso women steep the leaves in water until the}' are 

 soft, and wash their hair in the infusion, to promote its growth. 

 Sq2)a. 



Lyclum jxdlidum. New Mexican Spanish tomatilla. 

 The Hopi cat the berries of this plant. 



Psep'e^nsf^ti, 'deer weed' (pse, mule deer; p'e'nsfM, weed). 

 Pachistmia myrshiites. 



IIy,tsin()hu'''^ {ku, Juniperus monosperma; U/nqhii''^ ( ?)). 

 Phoradendron jtm iperiniim . Mistletoe. 

 This plant grows abundantly on the one-seeded junipers (see p. 39) 

 in the region. It is said that deer eat it. 



It is ground, mixed with hot water, and drunk when one "feels a 

 chill in the stomach." 



''Aie^ (cf. Cochiti Keres dpo^ Padus melanocarpa). 

 Padiis melanocarpa. Chokecherry. 



Bows are made from the wood. 



The berries are boiled and eaten or are eaten raw. 



The Jicarilla Apache grind the berries and make the meal into round 

 cakes, six inches in diameter and about one inch thick; they are black- 

 ish in appearance and taste sweet. The Tewa call them hdebuwa, 

 ' chokecherry bread ' {buwa, bread). Occasionally the Apache bring 

 them to San Ildefonso at Christmas time. The occurrence of the 

 personal name 'Abenbua' ^ at Pojoaque in 1Y15 suggests that ^dbebuwa 

 was forme rl}^ made by the Tewa. 



Tendejjhi., apparently 'slender-tubed leaves'^ {tf^d-, tube; of^?;, 

 slenderly pointed; Zy/, leaf). 



%PtAea crenulat'a. 



Tfibatup'e, 'kid -^XiinV^ {tfiMth, young goat < Span, chibato; 

 p'e, stick, jjlaut). The plant is so named because of its goat- 

 like odor. 



Ptelea tomentosa. Hop Trefoil. 



Sapi^iy, 'red tobacco' (sa, tobacco; pi, red). 



Ph i/s cismontana. Sumac. 

 The leaves were dried and smoked in pipes or made into cigarettes, 

 either mixed with tobacco, sa, or alone. The Jicarilla Apache also 

 smoke it. 



iThis word rhymes with Sutt', 'Atliapuscan.' 



2 Spanish Archives, office of U. S. Surveyor (ieneral, Santa Fe. 



^Identified with the Indian name from a dried specimen only. 



