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tance attaches even to the smoking of commercial tobacco, and for this 

 reason the members of the neighboring- Christian settlement refuse 

 it — "we do not pray that way now." 



Authorized messengers sent from one Tewa pueblo to another are 

 provided with tobacco, which they offer to the persons who receive 

 them. The Tewa of Hano accept such gifts of tobacco only after the 

 most careful scrutiny of the messenger's credentials and " intention"; 

 he must first smoke his own tobacco, then submit to a strict examina- 

 tion; and lastly, if his answers give satisfaction, his tobacco is 

 accepted and smoked. To decline the tobacco of an envoy, after 

 questioning him, implies doubt or rejection of his credentials, or entire 

 disapproval of the object of his visit; to take his tobacco with the left 

 hand shows an intention to refuse his request or proposal. On the 

 last occasion, it is said, when tobacco was sent from the New Mexican 

 Tewa to Hano it was transmitted by way of Zuni, and an epidemic of 

 smallpox is said to have followed. Indian tobacco introduced by a 

 person who is not an authorized messenger from another pueblo is 

 viewed with the gravest suspicion. At Santa Clara, on the contrary, 

 there is no such feeling, and both officials and private persons accept 

 " Hopi " tobacco with pleasure. 



Medicinal Uses of Tobacco 



At San Ildefonso tobacco leaves are placed on, or in, a tooth to cure 

 toothache. At Santa Clara tobacco is taken as snuff to cure a discharge 

 from the nose. To cure a cough, tobacco, oil, and soot are placed in 

 the hollows of the patient's neck, and a cross of tobacco is made on the 

 chest. Tobacco mixed with Jiojaje (Gutierrezia longifolia) and ''(hitd- 

 'mii<a (? Artemisia species) is given as snuff' to women in labor. 



Tobacco Clans 



Hodge^ gives as Tobacco clans at various pueblos: Nambe, Sd-tdoa/ 

 Hano, Sa-towa/ Sia, JIdmi-hano/ San Felipe, Hdaini-Tidno; Zuni, 

 Alna-li,we. 



The Tobacco clan, Satoiva^ of Hano (see above), is classed with the 

 Hopi Toljacco and Rabbit clans, and therefore disposes of such per- 

 sonal names as — 



sa tsej% 'j^ellow tobacco.' F. 



sajo, 'large tobacco.' M. 



saHp'a^ 'tobacco rolled up.' M. 



natu,, Navaho name for tobacco. M. 



^u'niasty, Havasupai name for tobacco +^c>Ji 'man,' jVI. 



ty^njoy^a'^^jli, 'chief girl.' F. 



s^nno, " old man.'' M. 



pasenno, 'rough old man.' M. 



1 Amer. Anthr., ix, p. 352, 1896. 



