Identifier: ethnobotanyoftew00robb_0 (find matches)
Title: Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952 Harrington, John Peabody Freire-Marreco, Barbara W. (Barbara Whitchurch), 1879-1967 School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.) Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress) DLC (from old catalog)
Subjects: Ethnobotany Tewa Indians
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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plant is cookedand eaten. PKe^ns^b\ ywxtsibe^ir)^4 sticky podded weed(pK^ns^b% weed; ywse,thorny, thorn; tsiie,sticky).Oreocarya multicaulis. Qwuipe, 4 in a row plant(qvrUi, line, row;^£,stick, stalk, plant).Pentalostemum oligophyl-lum, P. candidus, PrairieClover. At San Ildefonso, the sweetroots of the plant are eaten raw. At Santa Clara it is applied toan Atriplex, species not deter-mined. Women and childrenchew the plant as a delicacy. Koheptibl, humming-bird flower (Fohe,hummingbird; poil,flower).Pentstemon t or r ey i.Beard-tongue.Used at Santa Clara as adressing for sores. Qioa. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Guaco. NewMexican Spanish guaco. (See fig. 4.)This is a very important plant with the Tewa, inasmuch as blackpaint for pottery decoration is made from it. Large quantities ofyoung plants are collected, usually in July. The plants are boiledwell in water; the woody parts are then removed and the decoction isagain allowed to boil until it becomes thick and attains a black color.
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Fig. 4.—Rocky Mountain bee plant Peritoma serrulatum. PEBfRE-MfBRE^o610^) ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 59 This thick fluid is poured on a board to dry and soon becomes hard-ened. It may be kept in hard cakes for an indefinite period. Whenneeded these are soaked in hot water until of the consistency neededfor paint. Guaco is also used as a food. The hardened cakes are soaked inhot water, and then fried in grease. The finely ground plants are mixed with water and the liquid isdrunk as a remedy for stomach disorders; or sometimes fresh plantswrapped in a cloth are applied to the abdomen. Hano Tewa Kw&y, or Tcwsety. Hopi, ty,mi. Peritoma serrulatum1.This plant is of sufficient economic importance to be named in songswith the three chief cultivated plants, corn, pumpkin, and cotton. Itis gathered in spring, and, after long boiling to rid it of the alkalinetaste, is eaten with /dkewe (cornmeal porridge), a small quantity ofsalt being added at the time of eating.2 Okup^ensgbl, turtl

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