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| Kinietz, V. 1938 | Use - Technology | Branches used as camoflage during attack. "Upon arriving near the Iroquois encampment the spies gave her [a Myaamia woman who lived in the village on the Great Miami, after the village having been attacked by the Iroquois, had a dream in which the Myaamia were to pursue the Iroquois, recover their imprisoned people and kill every one of their opponents. She organized the retaliation and since was considered a woman of great bravery] information of the fact, and she caused every one to pull a piece of spruce or pine from the trees, and with these before them they approached the camp. They fell suddenly upon the sleeping Iroquois and her prediction was literally fulfilled". |
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| Anonymous 1724 | Use - Medicinal | The bark of young pine trees was boiled to treat burns: "Boil the bark of the young pines for burns and for wounds" ("Faire bouiller de l'ecoise de jeunes pins pour la Brulure et pour les Playes"). |
The author is describing tribal customs from the upper Midwest, probably including some of the Miami-Illlinois tribal groups. – Michael Gonella |
| Anonymous 1724 | Use - Medicinal | "The branches of young pines boiled for veneral diseases" ("Des Branches de jeune Pins bouiller pour les maux veneriens"). |
The author is describing tribal customs from the upper Midwest, probably including some of the Miami-Illlinois tribal groups. – Michael Gonella |
| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Use - Medicinal | Pine sap was spread on one's bottom to heal saddle soreness. Scott Shoemaker's great grandfather by marriage Camillus Bundy, taught Scott's grandfather, Frances Shoemaker, Phyllis Miley's father to ride horses and other wilderness skills while on horseback trips into the woods for a few days. His grandfather got a sore bottom once and his great grandfather told him to smear pine sap on it, and the soreness got better. His grandfather had said, "It made it [his bottom] sticky but it made it better". |
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| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Use - Technology | Pine sap was good for starting fires. |
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| Tippman, D. 1999 | Use - Technology | Pine cones are used to make the house smell good. Jim Strack's wife, Mary Ellen, would prepare them by soaking them in something to bring the aroma out. |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | Related Info | "pine tree, shing-gwah-kwah" |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Related Info | "nanahamizháxkwa", pine tree |
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| Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 | Habitat | A variety of pine species occur in various habitats, more common in the north portions of eastern Myaamia lands. |
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| Coulter, S. 1932 | A concentrated distillation of pine sap, in small doses 0.5 gm can be used externally as an antiseptic dressing to help heal skin rashes, and is readily absorbed through the skin. Internally it acts as a stimulant, expectorant, diaphoretic, and antiseptic. |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | "nanáhamĭⁿjákwĭ, pine tree, implies without limbs" |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Gatschet listed the Miami-Illinois term "sakíndäpwa" as the generic term for a bur, pine cone, or specific term for cocklebur. |
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| Trowbridge, C. 1824-5 | "Pupaundeeōānee maazhāūhungk nauhenaumāzhauk, the lightning struck that pine" |
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| Trowbridge, C. 1824-5 | "nauhenaumāzhauk, pine" |
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| Pinet, P.F. 1696-circa 1700 | "nanimihinja, sapin", |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | Dunn listed the Myaamia term "sakĭ́ndäpwa" for cocklebur . |