4 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vor. XXXV. 
Grapes (29, p. 52) : used as food. — Hazelnut (29, p. 52): used as 
food. — Hickory (32, p. 274): used in making bows. — Hops (29, 
P. 52): wild hops used as food. — Maple, Acer saccharinum (32, 
p. 237): maple sugar made from. — Oak (32, p. 253): used in build- 
ing houses. — Pine (32, p. 254): bark used in building houses. — 
Plums (29, p. 52): used as food. — Pumpkins (29, p. 48): used as 
food. — Raspberries (32, p. 291): used as food. — Rushes (32, p. 258): 
used in making mats. — Snakeroot, Polygala senega (32, p. 292). — 
Strawberries (29, p. 52) : used as food. — Tobacco (32, p. 253) : used 
as food. — Whortleberries (29, p. 52): used as food. — Wild rice (29, 
p- 47): used as food. 
Miamoi. 
Yellow lily, Zz/ium canadense (3, p. 312): roots used. 
Micmac. 
Apios tuberosa, Saa-ga-ban (4, p. 534): pear-shaped roots used as 
food. 
Narragansett. 
Chestnut (6, p. 46): used for canoes. — Pine (6, p. 46): used for 
canoes. — Whitewood (6, p. 46): used for canoes. 
Ojibway. 
Basswood (35, p. 236): used in making nets. — Birch (1, p. 9): 
bark used for the exterior of canoes; characters traced upon the 
inner surface of bark; these characters usually pertain to personal 
exploits (27, p. 59). — Cedar (9, p. 116): bark used in making rope 
or twine; used in making nets (35, p. 236). White cedar used to 
make the hoops for canoes ; the roots used in sewing canoes (1, p. 9). 
— Cherry (1, p. 9): gum used in putting canoes together. — Corn 
(35, p. 236) : used as food. — Groundnut (24, p. 55): used as food. 
— Pine (24, p. 73): wood used in making fire by friction. — Potatoes 
(35, p. 236): used as food. — Red willow (24, p. 135): bark smoked. 
— Root, Oduhpin (24, p. 55): used as food sometimes. — Spunk (24, 
p. 73): wood used in making fire by friction. — Sumac (24, p. 135): 
leaves smoked. — Swan potato, Wahbeziepin (24, p. 55): boiled and 
eaten. — Tobacco (24, p. 56): leaves smoked. — Wild rice (3, p. 120): 
used for food. 
Pequot. 
Corn (39, p. 4): used as food. — Indian hemp (39, p. 2): used to 
make twine. 
