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USES OF PLANTS BY THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS 
[BYH. ANN. 44 
Wild pea was used as a charm to insure success, especially when the 
person was in extreme anxiety concerning the outcome of circum- 
stances. 
Tt was also used as a remedy for convulsions. 
Seneca snakeroot was used as a charm for safety on a journey, 
which in the minds of the old Indians was attended with some 
anxiety. It was also used as a stimulating tonic. 
List oF Puants Usep In CHARMS 
Botanical name 
Part of plant used 
Manner of use 
Acorus calamus L_--------- 
Agastache anethiodora(Nutt.) 
Britton. 
Apocynum 
lium L. 
Aralia nudicaulis L__-----=- 
androsaemifo- 
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) 
Spreng. 
Artemisia gnaphalodes Nutt_ 
Asclepias syriaca L_------_- 
Aster novae-angliae L__-_---- 
Aster puniceus I= __-------- 
Cornus alternifolia L. f_----- 
Eupatorium perfoliatum L_- 
Hepatica triloba L__-------- 
Lathyrus venosus Muhl-_---- 
Onosmodium hispidissimum 
Mackenzie. 
Planta golmajor 1222 se aees 
Polygala senega L_--------- 
Root combined with 
Aralia nudicaulis L. 
Root combined with 
Acorus calamus. 
Root combined with 
root fibers of Eupa- 
torium perfoli- 
atum L. 
Root fibers combined 
with Asclepias syri- 
aca L. 
(1) Decoction made from 
roots put on fish nets. 
(2) Decoction used ‘‘to 
rattle snakes away.” 
Protection. 
Chewed to 
evil charms. 
counteract 
Smoked in pipe to attract 
game. 
Placed on coals; fumes as 
antidote to bad medi- 
cine. 
Applied to whistle for call- 
ing deer. 
Smoked in pipe to attract 
game. 
Smoked with tobacco to 
attract game. 
Put on muskrat trap. 
Applied to whistle for call- 
ing deer. 
Put on traps for fur- 
bearing animals. 
Carried on the person to 
insure successful out- 
come of difficulties. 
Love charm; also to attract 
money or worldly goods. 
Carried on the person as 
protection against snake 
bites. 
Carried on person for gen- 
eral health and for safety 
on a journey. 
