266 THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE [eth. ANN. 37 



This is medicine used by women when their menstrual flow is not 

 very good : 



1 . Tcemanar)k'e, English unknown. 



2. Wazi p'ara'ske abera, pine with flat leaves (?). 



3. Wacutei abera, red cedar leaves. 



4. Magk'a p'orop'oro abera, round medicine leaves. 



All four of these ingredients are ground, mixed together, and then 

 mixed with water. They are then drunk by any woman having 

 trouble with her menstrual flow. After she has taken it she makes 

 knots in the belt and ties it around her waist. As many knots as she 

 makes that many days will it take her to get well. She also smokes 

 herself with cedar leaves. 



The next medicine that I wish to speak of is compounded as follows: 



1. K'ewaxgu'^u"sera, scent of a toad. 



2. Waniijkcu'tc na'ntckera, heart of a red bird. 



3. Hactce'kera, strawberries. 



4. Waqkcik na'ntckera, Inunan heart. 



5. Xawi^ja", a plant. 



If this medicine were mixed with whisky and given to any person, 

 the latter would sureh' die within a year. The frog that is used in 

 this medicine becomes alive in the stomach of the person who drinks 

 it and kills him. If he took the same medicine and mixed it with 

 paint and then rubbed it over his face, all who looked at him would 

 take a liking to him and give him presents, and the women would fall 

 in love with him and want to marry him. The reason that the women 

 become smitten is because they can not resist the sight of a ripe 

 strawberry. The human heart in the mixture is the object that 

 makes the medicine so powerful, and the red bird heart strengthens it. 

 Whenever these two, the human heart and the heart of the red bird, 

 are used in medicines, the medicine is always remarkably efficacious. 



If a woman makes fun of you and you feel hiu-t about it and want 

 to revenge yourself, get one of her hairs and dip the root into this 

 medicine and then tie it up. Hang the medicine bag in the woods 

 and whenever the wind blows the woman will get lonesome for you 

 and her head will ache. Finally she will get crazy. She will never 

 cease talking about vou. This is one of the medicines this man was 

 blessed with. Some of them die from the effects of it. It is not a 

 good thing, but the Winnebago thought that it was a very great 

 thing. (Now that they know the Creator, they know that it is bad.) 



Here is another medicine that we have, and it is prepared in the 

 following way: Four trees of a certain species are peeled near the 

 roots lying on the east side. Then the second bark is also peeled. 

 Then these are taken and boiled together with a scjuare-stemnied 

 weed. The whole mixture is used to induce vomiting. This vomit- 

 ing would rid a person of a spell cast upon him which was preventing 



