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Solanum fendleri A. Gray. Native Potato. Solanace^. 



Niglitsliade family. 

 Kia'pimo, 'round, uncooked, watery' (Ida'pi, uncooked or 

 watery; moKmo'li, ball-or egg-slia])ed). 

 The potato is eaten raw, and after every mouthful a bite of white 

 clay is taken to counteract the unpleasant astringent effect of the 

 potato in the moiitli. 



Solanum tiiflonim Nutt. Nightshade. Solanace^. Night- 

 shade family. 

 Ha'liawe, 'blue leaf (ho <ha'li, leaf; li'awe, blue). 

 The ripe fruit is boiled, ground in a mortar, mixed Anth ground 

 chile and salt, and eaten a.s a condiment with nmsli or bread. 



Tnticum imlgare L. Wlieat. Poace.e. Grass family. 

 'Kia'we, 'wheat.' 



Wlieat has a been a staple article of food among tlie Zuiii smce its 

 introduction by the Spaniards. A light bread (inu'loows) raised witli 

 sour dough is matle into turnovers and fanciful designs and baked in 

 ovens outdoors.' 



Ile'pacMwe, tortillas, thick cakes, are baked on polished stone 

 slabs supported over stones in the fireplace.- 



Spi'outed wheat is used for making he' }>ah)llfi wliich consists of a 

 small quantity of the wheat ground and niLxed ^\•ith a batter made of 

 wheat flour.' 



Fragments of dried Ite'paJolia, ground as fuie as possible in a mill 

 and mixed \ntli water, constitute a beverage which is enjoyed by 

 the Zuni. 



Mu'tsiliowc, doughnuts, were adojited from the Mexicans many 

 years since. A soft dough is made of flom* and cold water, and salt 

 is added. A bit of the dough broken from the mass is shaped into a 

 cake about 4 by 4 mches. The cakes are cooked in l)oihng beef fat 

 or mutton grease, or in lard if it can be secured. Each doughnut 

 is punched ^^^th a slender stick which is employed to turn it over 

 in the grease and to remove it from the pot. The doughnut is held 

 over the pot for a moment or two to allow the grease to drip from it 

 and then is deposited in an eating bowl. 



Xanthium commune Jiritton. Cocklebur. AMBEOSiACEiE. Rag- 

 weed family. 



Mo'MacMpa, 'prickl}- pod' (mo<mo'Ii, round or egg-shaped: 

 kla'chipa, prickly). 



1 See ISd A nn. Rep. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 364. 

 = Ibid, p. 363. 

 3 Ibid., p. 365. 



