MACCAULEY.] GREEN CORN DANCE. a2 
eat of the green corn. The day following is une of fasting, but the next 
day is one of great feasting, ‘ Hom-pi-ta-glak-o,” in which “Indian eat 
all time,” ‘“* Hom-pis-yak-i-ta.” 




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Squaws. 
"Q-PUN-KA-TO-LO-KA-TI” 
or the Dance Circle. 






“HIL-LIS-WA-MA=TOE-UL-KI” 
Men who watch the 
medicine fire. 
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et Zi Wedicrns +8 
so fire. +2 
oe The Fire or 4 s 
“O-PUN-KA-TOT- KIT-A", 
“TEOK-KO-CLACO”™ 
House where the 
warriors sit. 
Squaws. 
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Fic. 77. Green Corn Dance. 
USE OF MEDICINES. 
Concerning the use by the Indians of medicine against sickness, I 
learned only that they are in the habit of taking various herbs for their 
ailments. What part incantation or sorcery plays in the healing of 
disease I do not know. Nor did I learn what the Indians think of the 
origin and effects of dreams. Me-le told me that he knows of a plant 
the leaves of which, eaten, will cure the bite of a rattlesnake, and that 
he knows also of a plant which is an antidote to the noxious effects 
of the poison ivy or so-called poison oak. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
I close this chapter by putting upon record a few general observa- 
tions, as an aid to future investigation into Seminole life. 
STANDARD OF VALUE. 
The standard of value among the Florida Indians is now taken from 
the currency of the United States. The unit they seem to have adopted, 
