_Acer nigrum_, Michx. Black Sugar Maple. Iskig´omeaush´--
“Sap-flows-fast.”
Arbor liquore abundans, ex quo liquor tanquam urina vehementer
projicitur.
Sometimes used as the preceding.
_Betula excelsa_, Ait. Yellow Birch. Wi´nnis´sik.
The inner bark is scraped off, mixed with that of the Acer
saccharinum, and the decoction taken as a diuretic.
_Betula papyracea_, Ait. White Birch. Wīgwas´.
Highly esteemed, and employed for making records, canoes,
syrup-pans, mōkoks´--or sugar boxes--etc. The record of the
Midē´wiwin, given by Minabō´zho, was drawn upon this kind of bark.
_Populus monilifera_, Ait. Cottonwood. Mâ´nâsâ´ti.
The cotton down is applied to open sores as an absorbent.
_Populus balsamifera_, L. Balsam Poplar. Asa´dĭ.
1. The bark is peeled from the branches and the gum collected and
eaten.
2. Poles are used in building ordinary shelter lodges, and
particularly for the Midē´wigân.
_Juglans nigra_, L. Black Walnut. Paga´nŏk-- “Nut wood.”
Walnuts are highly prized; the green rind of the unripe fruit is
sometimes employed in staining or dyeing.
_Smilacina racemosa_, Desf. False Spikenard. Kinē´bigwŏshk-- “Snake
weed or Snake Vine.”