Phoebe Maddux: Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (1932)
Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.3
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 45-46
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)
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pakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa, vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav, pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer |
Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us |
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imxathakkêem. púffaat vúra îin áamtihap. kôokaninay vúr u'íiftih. payêem vúra vaa káan taay u'íifti, pakáan píins kun'úhthaamhitihirak. vaa vúra púrith umússahiti, kúna vúra axvíththirar umússahiti pachishihpúrith, uxraháthkaay, pappírish káru vúra axvíththirarkunish. vúra purafâat-hara, úux. chishíih áta ník uum vúr u'áamti, íkkiich áta, vóothvuuyti chishihpúrith. |
They smell strong. Nothing eats them. They grow all over. They grow more now where beans are planted. They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking. It is good for nothing, it smells strong. I guess maybe dogs eat them, they are called dog huckleberries. |