STEVENSON] USE OF PLANTS IN FOLK-LORE 85 



Children of both sexes, especially Hoj-s, are whipped with the fresh 

 plant that they may be strong to hold on to a horse or other object 

 and not release their hold and fall. 



The plant belongs to all the people. 



PTmseoluf! angustissimus A. Gray. Wild Bean. Fabacke. 



Pea famil}\ 

 Ha'tsumewe, 'strong leaf {ha<]ia'li, leaf: tsu'mexLie, strong). 

 Tsu'mewe has reference to the strength of the people who 

 have been treated ■with the plant. 

 Tliis medicine belongs to the Gods of War and is named A'hayuta, 

 whicli name is borne by the Gods of War in time of peace, both gods 

 bearing the one name when peaceful and on good terms with all the 

 world. The medicine is referred to as A'Jiayuta an Tcivi'minni 

 (A'hayuta's root). 



When an infant boy evinces timidity his father carries a small 

 quantity of corn meal wrapped in a bit of corn husk to the warrior of 

 his choice, and, presenting it, recjuests that the warrior apply the 

 A'ltayutn medicine to his child, that he may have a brave heart and 

 never be afraid of the enemy. Crushed leaves and blossoms with 

 the powdered root of this plant are chewed by the officiating warrior 

 and ejected into his hands, which he rubs over the nude body of the 

 child; he also gives the child a small quantity of the crushed blossoms 

 to eat. "This, of course, is sure to give the boy a brave heart, and 

 he manifests a desire to fight on the slightest provocation." 



Rumex mexicanus Weinm. Dock. Polygoxace^. Buck- 

 wheat family. 

 Kwi'mi i'topona, 'painted root' (kwi'mi<Jciri'minnS, root; 

 i'topona, painted). 

 A very strong tea is made of the root by a husband who has no 

 offspring, and he gives it to his wiie, morning, noon, simset, and at 

 bed-time, for a month or one moon. "This treatment is sure to 

 place the woman in condition for becommg pregnant. If the medi- 

 cine fails it is because the wife's heart is not good." 



\Mien used for this purpose the remedy belongs to all men. 



TJielypodium ivrightii A. Gray. Brassicace.*;. Mustard 



family. 

 Ha'ho'loJcta no'we a'xca a'Jcwawe, ' sandhiU-crane beans all medi- 

 cine' Qia'lco'loTcta, sandhill-crane; no'we, beans; a'wa, aU; 

 a'hwawe, medicine). 

 The seeds are removed from the pods and crushed by women of 

 the Sandhill Crane clan, and mixed \vith beans that are to be planted. 

 This procedure is said to cause the bean crop to be as abundant as the 

 seeds from the pods. This medicine belongs to the Sandhill Crane 

 clan. 



