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Koni abéka, “skunk sickness.” Symptoms: The bowels move con- 
tinually as in dysentery, and may ultimately cause piles. Remedy: 
The bark of a tree called iti koni (skunk tree). 
Cokha icto abéka, “big hog sickness.” Symptoms: There is a 
pain in the breast, the bowels move too freely, and the patient can 
scarcely stand erect. Specific: The roots of a plant about 3 feet 
high, growing along the banks of streams and bearing numerous 
white flowers. It is called hici’ lipa (leaves worn out). 
Fani homa abéha, “ved squirrel disease.” Symptoms: Toothache 
or swollen jaws and sometimes nosebleed. Specific: Fani cakha 
(squirrel’s flag), which is mistletoe. 
Fanti abéka, “ squirrel sickness.” Symptoms: Cramp in the neck 
which is drawn together, pains being felt all over it. Remedy: 
Rotted leaves in the drift on a creek. Another remedy for this 
disease was yarrow. 
Pale’ abéka, “ heat sickness.” Symptoms: Continuous fever, espe- 
cially at night. The Pishhofa dance, described elsewhere, is resorted 
to in sickness of this kind. ‘The medicine used consisted of the fol- 
lowing plants: Colop titéli (ghost driver), sinti itholonksa’ (“ snake 
wind,” so called from its disagreeable odor), hakcie falakto ’ (forked 
root—which is sweet anise), pasaktcala’, or in English “ flag,’ and 
young cottonwood trees (acomali). These are placed in a pot 
with cold water and the whole warmed. When the doctor sang the 
song belonging with this remedy he accompanied himself with a 
gourd rattle. 
Kinta@ abcha,“ beaver sickness.” Symptoms: Dysentery. Remedy: 
Acdmala hakcie (cottonwood root) and tanaco (willow (root) ) boiled 
together and taken internally. 
Ocin abéka, “otter sickness.” Symptoms: Pain in the breast and 
through the back, causing the patient to vomit bile; water passed by 
him is yellow. This disease is apparently jaundice. Remedy: Ocan 
ithi*e (otter medicine), which, from a specimen shown, appears to 
be common dock. This was the only remedy for this disease of which 
my informant knew. 
Vithun abcka, “ mole disease.” Symptoms: Pain in the lower part 
of the abdomen and some blood passed with the urine. Remedy: 
Black watermelon seeds mashed up, boiled, and taken internally. 
O"s?’ abéka,“ eagle disease.” Symptoms: A severe headache which 
prevents the patient from exerting himself in any manner; the eyes 
are affected and there is a cramp in the back of the head and neck. 
Remedy: The ends of cedar limbs (tcowa"hala’) and the elder 
(baco"ktci), warmed together in water and placed upon the patient’s 
head, 
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