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'] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 63 



Tejil^i] (no etymolog-y). 



? . New Mexican Spanish pulo duro. 



HERBS 



Pcibi tsseHy, 'wliite flower' (potl, flower; fsee, whiteness, white). 

 Achillea la?iHlosa. Yarrow, sneezeweed. 



SL Hano Tewa, sPu. 



Allium recurvatum. Wild Onion. 



Sometimes called ^akqnsl^ 'prairie onion,' or 'aZ:g/is«^'e, 'little prairie 

 onion' Cakorj, plain; si, onion), to distinguish it from the cultivated 

 onion introduced by the Spaniards, by which it has been superseded 

 in New Mexico, 



The Tewa of Hano, like the Ilopi, know and use two species of wild 

 onion: hikonsVu^ 'field onion,' growing on high ground, which is 

 gathered, washed, and eaten raw, usually with broken waferbread 

 dipped in water; and wqsPu, 'wind onion' {wa, wind; s/, onion), grow- 

 ing on lower ground, which is small and almost tasteless. 



^Okup'e, 'turtle plant' {'uku, turtle; j)'e, stick, plant). Cf. 



^oli'uye'nspM, page 59. 

 Allionia linearis. 

 jSu. 



Amaranthus retrqfjextis, A. Mitoides. Amaranth, Pigweed. Called 

 in New Mexican Spanish merely quelite, 'greens.' 

 8u was boiled and at times afterward fried. Thus prepared it is 

 said to have been a ver}" palatable food. 



Tosifiij {to, unexplained; su, to stink, stinking). 

 Arenaria confusa. Sandwort. 



P^ tsqijw^.^iij, 'green rabbit-brush' {p'u, Chrysothamniis bige- 



lovii; fs(l7jtose, blue, green). 

 Artemisia forwoodii. Green Sage. 

 The leaves and stems of p'li tsaijivce'iy are chewed and the juice is 

 swallowed when one feels "sick at the stomach." 



The leaves and stems are steeped in water, and the decoction is 

 taken as a remedy for chills. See ta'ne, page 73. 



Ke\do, 'badger sage'?, 'badger nut'? ijcea, badger; to, with 



level intonation, sage; to, with falling intonation, nut). The 



probabilities are in favor of the meaning 'sage,' but one 



careful informant persistently gave the intonation of to, ' nut.' 



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