Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians . FEEfRSfRElfco^™^] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 39 The bark of the tree, dried and ground fine, is boiled until it becomesred. When the liquid is cool, deerskin is soaked over night, andthen is dyed red. Sometimes the bark is chewed and the juice is eject-ed on deerskin, which is then rubbed between the hands. Many ofthe alders have been used by noncivilized peoples in dyeing. Pinnss^in tewabe, mountain Tewa-fruit {fiy, mountain; wge,locative; tewa^ Tewa; he^ roundish fruit). Cf. tewabe, Tewafruit, Sericotheca dumosa. Betula fontinalis. Streamside Birch. Fe
Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians . FEEfRSfRElfco^™^] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 39 The bark of the tree, dried and ground fine, is boiled until it becomesred. When the liquid is cool, deerskin is soaked over night, andthen is dyed red. Sometimes the bark is chewed and the juice is eject-ed on deerskin, which is then rubbed between the hands. Many ofthe alders have been used by noncivilized peoples in dyeing. Pinnss^in tewabe, mountain Tewa-fruit {fiy, mountain; wge,locative; tewa^ Tewa; he^ roundish fruit). Cf. tewabe, Tewafruit, Sericotheca dumosa. Betula fontinalis. Streamside Birch. Fe Tceiy^ hard stick (j?^, stick; he^ hard). Celtis reticulata. Hackberry. ?New Mexican Spanish^^^ci^rr/-*?.The Tewa and Spanish names are descriptive of the character of thewood. Whether the Tewa name is merely a translation of the Span-ish remains to be determined. Handles for axes and hoes are nowmade of the wood. The berries were eaten. By,. Juniperus monosperma. One-seeded Juniper. New MexicanSpanish is the common
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