52 ETHNOBOTANY OF THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 30 



world so as to replenish those which the Zuiii l)rought with them from this inner 

 world. These seeds were Ijroiight by the rain priests in their precious ei'towe.^ 



When the Kia'kwemosi, Rain Priest of the North, sent his son and daughter ahead 

 to look for a place for 'their others',^ he placed mo'watapa seeds in the belt of each 

 with instructions to plant them. The youth and maiden afterward became the first 

 ancestral god and goddess, respectively, and the plant is frequently referred to as the 

 medicine of the Ko'mokatsi, the first goddess and tlie mother of all the ancestral gods, 

 she ha\'lng named the plant and first planted the seeds in the outer world. 



The entire plant is made into tea, which is drunk warm for 

 obstructed menstruation. Tlie tea is also rubbed over the abdomen 

 while it is massaged. Tlie Zuhi claim that the tea taken sufficiently 

 strong will produce abortion. While tliis vice exists in Zuhi, cases 

 are very rare. The ground root is placed m a hollow tooth to 

 relieve toothache. 



The plant belongs to all the people. 



Gilia muUiJlora Nutt. Gilia. Polemoniace^. Phlox family. 

 Ha'sililiwe Wanna, 'blue leaves in delicate motion' (ha<Jia''we, 

 leaves; sililiwe, m delicate motion; Wanna, blue), in refer- 

 ence to the leaves of the flower. 



The entire plant is ground in the chamber of the Shu'maakwe and 

 Cactus fraternities. The Shu'maakwe gave this medicine to the 

 Cactus fraternity many years ago. 



The face is bathed in warm water and the powdered plant applied 

 to relieve headache. In addition to its use by both fraternities for 

 this purpose, it is employed by the Cactus fraternity in dressing 

 wounds, the doctors of this organization being called on in the 

 absence of members of the Priesthood of the Bow. When the remedy 

 is thus used the wound is first cleansed, then the powder is applied, 

 and the wound bandaged. The treatment is given in the home of 

 the patient or wherever he may be, and he is expected to join the 

 Cactus fraternity after his recovery. 



The blossoms are called pok'lina u'teawe, 'smoking flowers' {pok'- 

 lina, to smoke; u'teawe, flowers). Wlien employed to relieve strangu- 

 lation the flowers are crushed in the hand and made into cigarettes 

 with corn-husks and smoked. When used for this purpose the medi- 

 cine belongs only to the Galaxy fraternity. 



Gilia sp. PoLEMONiACE^E. Phlox family. 



Ha'wimo, 'leaf seeds make' (ha<ha'li, leaf; wi'mo, seeds make), 



in allusion to the seeds on the leaf. 



The leaves are chewed slightly, or the entire fresh plant, bruised 



between the hands, is put into a small quantity of cold water and 



the infusion is drunk. The dried plant is ground between stones and 



mixed with water. This medicine is administered for headache, 



1 See ISd Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 163. 

 = Ibid., p. 32. 



