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MATERIAL CULTURE 



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Names of the principal trees, etc. 



raxgecok'a'wa, resin- weed. 



xaMje, moss. 



wax cute, cedar (red cedar). 



tcatca°na, ironwood. 



witci, flat cornered reed used for lodges. 



sa, round reed used for mats. 



hi^cge', basswood. 



wazi, pine in general. 



wazi paras, white cedar. 



wacgs', poplar. 



tea" tca'wa, birch. 



tcagu, walnut. 



pa" dja'gu, hickory, 

 tcazu'ke, butternut, 

 na" sa'gk', maple, 

 ruyi, inllow. 

 rak, ash. 

 tcacge'gu, oak. 

 marik'a'rak, elm. 

 huksigu, hazel, 

 na" p'a'gu, cherry. 

 na° ho'cg^, box-elder. 

 he7u', Cottonwood. 



Names of the principal vegetables and fruits 



tcera'bera, a water root, 

 wokn^^gera, root called "awl" root. 

 hu"/''kboi'dja, pea vine. 

 dora, a sort of artichoke. 

 pa°kxi, root found in lowlands. 

 na''p'ak, chokecherries. 

 k'a°tc, plum, 

 kce" crabapple. 



tcosa'^wa", fruit of a tree similar to crab- 

 apple tree. 

 hazs'cutcgE, raspberry-, 

 hasda'maijkere, blackberry, 

 hasdin^rik', blueberries. 



hascdjek', strawberry, 

 hap'u'nup'unuxgc, gooseberry. 

 hotC'jgk=', cranberry, 

 k'a^tc hi^cek, peaches (fuzzy plums"), 

 kce carote, apple (long and round apple). 

 wak'a"retcawa, wild currant (snake's na- 

 vel), 

 dok/wehi, prairie turnip, 

 hu^n'gk, bean. 



hu^nagk' na"di. climbing bean. 

 hu°n'i)k' mink, nonclimbing bean. 

 ma°hi°tc, milkweed. 



Animals and parts of animals whose flesh is not eaten 



weasel. 



marten. 



no entrails (u'djwoju). 



gopher. 



horse. 



wagkcuijk, dogfish. 



djadja'gksk, mink. 



doco'nA^k, otter. 



ho wak'a", eel (holy fish). 



k'aii, crow (really northern raven). 



tcaxce'p, eagle. 



Agriculture. — In the old days the Wimiebago always raised in their 

 permanent villages at least com, squash, and beans. As the villages 

 consisted practically of a group of families belonging to different clans, 

 each clan apparently hving by itself, the question of clan owTiership 

 of these fields was hardly considered. (This statement is made be- 

 cause some Wimiebago spoke of clan ownership.) Wliat actually 

 occiu-red was, in the opinion of the author, as follows: Each gi-ou]) of 

 families being segregated according to clan, it happened that certain 

 family groups had fields in common. This must have haj)pened 

 rather frequently, for there seems to have been a tendency — although 

 this can not be said with certainty owing to the meagerness of reliable 

 information — for related families to hold together in these settlements. 

 In general, however, each family- owTied and cultivated its o^va. field. 



