430 ABORIGINAL ROTANY. 
An oak mistletoe (Phoradendron); smoked by the Chimariko as a sub- 
stitute for tobacco. Indian name unknown. 
ANIMAL FOODS. 
The following articles are either eaten or used for medicine by the 
Nishinam of Placer County. 
Nauh (Helix Vancouverensis), snail; used for food. 
Nauh (H. Columbiana), snail; used for food. 
Shek (Saturnia Ceanothi), caterpillar; used for food. 
Shek (Arctia, two species), caterpillar ; used for food. 
Shil’-lah (Hyborynchus Perspicuus), a small minnow. Sometimes the 
Indian shaman, after sucking a patient for a long time, pretends to vomit up 
one of these minnows (which, of course, he had previously concealed in his 
mouth), pretending that it had somehow been introduced into the system 
and had been the source of all the trouble. 
Hol’-lih, crickets; used for food, roasted. Formerly they were often 
roasted in large numbers by firing the woods. 
Pan’-nak, grubs found in decayed oak-trees; used for food. 
Laih (Eingystoma), a small frog ; used for food. 
Sho’-lah, slugs; eaten for food. 
Ok’-o-pe-peh (Phrynosoma), a horned toad; given internally for medi- 
cine in certain stomachic affections. 
Pit’-chak (Sceloporus bi-seriatus), another toad ; used as the above. 
Shol’-lo-koi-koi (Gerhonotus multi-carinatus), a lizard; used for medicine. 
Shol’-lo-koi-koi, another lizard; used as the above. 
Kut (Sphina Ludoviciana), a horned black worm; used for food. The 
Indian name denotes ‘“‘a buck”, so called on account of the horn. 
Tai’-a-mun (Coronella balteata), a ring-snake; used by the Nishinam 
for medicine; eaten by the Washo of Nevada. 
Earth-worms (Zwmnbricus), Indian name unknown to me; eaten in 
soup. The Nakum of Big Meadows dance and stamp violently, chanting 
all the while, to bring these worms to the surface. 
Koy-o’-ta (Onodonta), a clam found in Owen’s River, and in many 
other parts of California ; eaten boiled. 
