
          Ch 26

He speaks of the prodigious quantity of the tea drank
by the Indians on some religious occasions. Does
the yupon, or cacina, or apelachina grow in
Texas? Or [added: of] what could have been the leaves
they used for such purpose?

Be pleased to give me the botanical name
of the mezapite that is used thereabout
locations for food.

Do you know with the smoke of what
plant these Indians stupefied?

Ch 31

"They wear a shirt of cotton... They soap
this with a certain root that extremely cleanses"...
What is the botanical name of this tree?
I have witnessed the Indian women using it,
raising a froth in the bark, in the state of
Nueva Leon. Please give me some
account of it. The traveler, by the way, is
now in Sonora.
        