134 USES OF PLANTS BY INDIANS [BTH. ANN. 33 
nostrils of horses to enable them to run well without getting out of 
breath. It was supposed to strengthen and help them. The flower 
heads mixed with shelled corn were fed to horses to make them 
swift and put them in good condition. 
AcHILLEA MILLEFoLIUM L. Yarrow, Milfoil. 
Ha*k-sintsh (Winnebago), woodchuck tail (ha"k, woodchuck ; 
sintsh, tail). Named from the appearance of the leaf. 
An infusion of this herb was used by the Winnebago to bathe 
swellings. For earache a wad of the leaves, also the infusion, was 
put into the ear. 
ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULOIDES Pursh. Fuzzy-weed. 
Thasata-hi (Omaha-Ponca). 
Rake-hitshek (Winnebago), bushy weed, or fuzzy weed (rake, 
weed; hi"shek, bushy, fuzzy). 
Kihapiliwus (Pawnee), broom (kiharu, broom; piliwus, to sweep). 
Among the Winnebago the chewed root was put on the clothes 
as a love charm and hunting charm. The effect was supposed to be 
secured by getting to windward of the object of desire, allowing the 
wind to waft the odor of the herb thither. The Omaha ascribed the 
same powers to this species and used it in the same ways as they did 
the gray species of this genus next mentioned. It was used also in 
the smoke treatment. A Winnebago medicine-man said a handful 
of the tops of this species dipped into warm water served as a 
sprinkler for the body to relieve fevers. According to a Pawnee in- 
formant a decoction made of the tops was used for bathing as a 
remedy for rheumatism. Brooms for sweeping the lodge floor were 
made by binding together firmly a bundle of the tops. From this 
use comes its Pawnee name. The plant was liked for this purpose 
because of its agreeable, wholesome odor. 
Artemisia rricipa Willd. Little Wild Sage. 
Wia-ta-pezhihuta (Dakota), woman’s medicine (wia, woman; ta, 
genitive sign; pezhihuta, medicine). The name refers to its use 
as explained farther on. 
Pezhe-lota zhinga (Omaha-Ponca), little gray herb (pezhi, herb; 
Kiota, gray; zhinga, little). 
riéwokki (Pawnee). 
A decoction of this species was used for bathing and was also taken 
internally by women when menstruation was irregular; hence the 
Dakota name. 
ARTEMISIA GNAPHALODES Nutt. Wild Sage. 
Pezhikota blaska (Dakota), flat pezhihota. 
Pezhe-liota (Omaha-Ponea), gray herb. 
