DIVERS EDIBLES AND MEDICINES. ‘429 
K’-sin (@. gambelii); the white oak growing up in the mountains, whose 
acorns are the favorite. 
Tsi’-tikh (Quercus); a small species, grows on rocky points near the 
plains; acorns little esteemed. 
Tau’-a-chit (Quercus); round, small leaves, perhaps another species of 
white oak. The acorns are used. 
Ail’-loh (Scirpus vatidus?); tule pollen used for food. This is beaten 
off on a cloth in large quantities and is made into pinole or mush. The 
bulbous root is also eaten. 
Hau'-pun (L’resnio, Span.); a root highly esteemed as a purgative in 
certain internal diseases. 
Tro’-kot (Chlorogalum pomeridianum), soap-root; fibre used for house- 
hold brushes; root for washing; also as a healing and cleansing medicine. 
Tsuk’-kus (Sporobolus); a kind of coarse grass, of which the stalks are 
used in making baskets. 
Ta-ka’-tu (Cercis?); bark used in making baskets. 
A kind of fern (Pellea Brewerii) used as a beverage, like tea. Indian 
name forgotten. 
AY’-lit, a kind of salt, principally alum in a crude state, collected by 
these Indians as a seasoning for greens. They go in the morning, when 
the dew is on, to a low, alkaline piece of ground, and either pull up the 
grass and dissolve the salt off from it in water, or collect it by sweeping a 
stick through the grass and washing off the adhering salt. 
Tin’-nikh, matting made from tule, used for beds and to sit on in 
gambling. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Che’-hin kin’-ku (Angelica); used by the Hichnom for a cough- 
medicine. 
Kin’-ku-halkh, a little root used by the same tribe as a blood-purifier. 
Huh’-wal (acorn), kokh (manzanita), kin-kil-leh’ (bunch-grass), lep 
(tar-weed), ésh (sunflower); all these are used by the Hichnom to make 
bread (hu-teh’). 
Mu-hach’-a-ko-len (Angelica); a panacea and charm among the Hupa. 
