July 8, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
55 
Indians Words in Common Use. 
Cos Cob, Conn., June 29.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have just come across your article 
dated Aug. 17, 1907, in which you give a num¬ 
ber of Indian words in common use. For some 
time back I have had on my desk an article on 
this very subject. As my article is brief and 
enters into no discussion, I send it herewith. 
About half a dozen of these words are taken 
from your own contribution. I doubt not that 
by a little research one could double the num¬ 
ber here given. 
A list of words borrowed from the North 
American Indians and adopted into English fol¬ 
low : 
MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 
Caccomistle 
Guanaco 
Puma 
Cara-cara 
Jaguar 
Quetzel 
Carcajou 
Llama 
Raccoon 
Caribou 
Manatee 
Skunk 
Cavy 
Moose 
Tapir 
Chachalacca 
Musquash 
Wapiti 
Chipmunk 
Ocelot 
Wavey 
Coati-mondi 
Opossum 
Whiskeyjack. 
Cougar 
Peccary 
Woodchuck 
Coyote 
Pekan 
FISH, ETC. 
Alewife 
Naumaycush 
Tautog 
Cayman 
Porgy 
Terrapin 
Chogset 
Quahog 
Togue 
Cisco 
Quinnat 
T omcod 
Chuckawalla 
Sculpin 
Tullibee 
Coween 
Scuppaug 
Winnonish 
Menhaden 
Scup 
or 
Missisauga 
Squeateaque 
Ouananiche 
Muskelunge 
Tarpon 
TREES, ETC. 
Banana 
Mezquite 
Squash 
Catalpa 
Pawpaw 
Tacamahac 
Chico 
Pecan 
Tamarac 
■Chinquapin 
Persimmon 
Tobacco 
Cinchona 
Pipsissewa 
Tomato 
Cohosh 
Poke 
Tuckahoe 
Hominy 
Puccoon 
Tupelo 
Hacmatac 
Quamash 
Wahoo 
Hickory 
Quinine 
Yucca 
Kinnikinnik 
Sassafras 
GENERAL. 
Babiche 
Powwow 
Succotash 
Calumet 
Pemican 
Tepee 
■Canoe 
Sachem 
Toboggan 
Cannibal 
Sagamore 
Tomahawk 
Hammock 
Samp 
Totem 
Hummock 
Shaganappi 
Wampum 
Moccasin 
Shaman 
Wigwam 
Pappoose 
Squaw 
Ernest Thompson Seton. 
Game in Connecticut. 
Putnam, Conn., June 19.— Editor Forest and 
■Stream: The prospects for game around here 
for the coming season were never better so far 
as the partridge is concerned, for I never saw or 
heard so many as during this past spring. Have 
found five nests near the old “brush hut,” one 
of which had seventeen eggs, and all but one 
were hatched. I can scarcely take a stroll in 
any direction without seeing the birds, and every 
morning and evening till quite late can hear them 
drumming. 
Have seen but two quail, and many farmers 
and local sportsmen speak of their great scarcity 
this year. 
There seems to be about the usual number 
of rabbits, but I see many gray squirrels. But 
few, if any, gunners hunt for them, and there 
seem to be more of them around here this year 
than formerly. I occasionally see deer and see 
their tracks almost everywhere. They must 
travel during the night. Yesterday I saw a full 
grown doe near the hut, and a few days before 
saw another among the bushes just below. Both 
were beauties. In a general way I conclude that 
there will be gunning in this section next fall 
much above the average. A. L. Lyon. 
Treating Dogs for Black Tongue. 
Nashville, Tenn., June 28. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following is a copy of a letter 
addressed to the leading veterinary doctors of 
Nashville: 
By request I am sending you a written state¬ 
ment in regard to how I handle the disease com¬ 
monly known by fox hunters in the South as 
“black tongue.” 
It is my understanding that many packs pf 
hounds have been wiped out of existence in one 
season by this dreadful disease. Only a few 
days ago a friend of mine from another county 
was in Nashville and told me he had lost his 
entire pack of dogs. I asked him what was the 
matter. He said somebody had poisoned them 
by giving them carbolic acid. I knew what that 
meant. 
I have experimented a great deal with this 
disease during the past three years. The first 
year I lost several dogs before I learned how 
to treat it and how to prevent its development 
further in the kennel. 
The second year I lost only one, and this year 
I have not lost any, but I have just handled one 
of the most stubborn cases that I have ever 
saved. And right here I want to say that it 
does not matter what kind of medicine is given, 
or how it is given, I do not believe it will save 
a dog in this condition unless equally as much 
attention is paid to feeding, watering, etc. 
As soon as I discover that one of my dogs 
has a case of black tongue, which is shown by 
saliva dropping from the dog’s mouth and by 
irritated gums, I remove the sick dog from the 
kennel, and begin to feed the well dogs at least 
a tablespoonful of sulphur each day for several 
days. After a few days I repeat the treatment. 
The sulphur seems to check the disease; to keep 
it from developing in the well dogs. It has now 
been more than four weeks since this year’s case 
developed, and my dogs have never been in a 
healthier condition than at present. 
I gave the sick dog about three grains of 
calomel, one hour apart. Six hours later I gave 
him two to three tablespoonfuls of castor oil. 
1 then gave him in a little water forty drops of 
mangifera and sixty drops of echinacea alter¬ 
nately three times a day. These remedies are 
sold by druggists who handle medicine for the 
eclectic profession. I dissolved about ten cents’ 
worth of boric acid in a pint of water and 
mopped the dog’s mouth out twice a day, forcing 
him to swallow some of this boric acid, because 
I believe that in cases of this kind the intes¬ 
tines are affected exactly like the mouth. In 
treating the last dog I gave but little mangifera 
and echinacea, but used a great deal of sulphur, 
perhaps from one to two tablespoonfuls each 
day, while I gave the mangifera and echinacea 
only about once a day. 
I believe that sulphur is the principal med¬ 
icine. I do not doubt that a large per cent, of 
cases can be cured by omitting the sulphur and 
using the echinacea and mangifera regularly; 
but I believe I can cure a great many more 
cases, by using less echinacea and mangifera 
and more sulphur. 
Doctors who are not of the eclectic profes¬ 
sion and know what effect echinacea and man¬ 
gifera have, and for what they are given, and 
know the condition of the dog, can doubtless 
substitute other medicines that would get the 
same results. These remedies were suggested 
by a doctor of the eclectic profession whose son 
was at that time handling my dogs. If I have 
any more cases, and it does not develop in my 
best dogs, as an experiment I am going to 
leave off the mangifera and echinacea, using 
more sulphur from the start. 
When I first began to use the sulphur, a year 
ago, I could not believe that a dog could stand 
a tablespoonful each day, yet a friend of mine 
told me he gave his dogs two tablespoonfuls each. 
In this last case, when I increased the sulphur 
I noticed that the dog’s condition seemed to 
improve. It is very difficult to get a sick dog 
to take sulphur. When a dog is first taken 
sick, before he loses his appetite and becomes 
unable to swallow his food, I believe if you will 
mix the sulphur—a tablespoonful twice a day— 
with food that he will relish, he will never get 
to the stage where he will be unable to eat. 
I waited so long before beginning the sulphur 
treatment on this last dog that he had no ap¬ 
petite, would not eat, and could not drink water 
on account of the condition of his mouth. I 
knew that it would require food and water to 
keep him alive; so twice a day I thoroughly 
mixed a tablespoonful of sulphur with an egg 
(and sometimes I put in a tablespoonful of 
whiskey). This mixture I put into a big¬ 
mouthed bottle and drenched the dog; some¬ 
times I used two eggs, but I think two egg3 
too much at one time. About twice a day I 
would drench the dog with one-half teacupful 
of water, as he could not take water of his own 
accord; but a better plan would be to reduce the 
quantity and give oftener. 
In every case I find that about five or six 
days after the dog takes this disease he begins 
to pass blood, being affected just like a person 
with flux. And considering this condition, I 
feel sure that the intestines are affected just 
like the mouth. The most difficult part of the 
disease to handle is regulating the bowels. I 
gave this last-mentioned dog on an average of 
five to ten cents’ worth of bismuth a day. I 
also gave him, in broken doses, paregoric, 
laudanum and salts mixed, and gave him one 
