"Juneberry" Quotes from Famous Books
... arrowshafts (ma^{n}sa) of ja^{n}-[']qude-hi, "gray wood," juneberry wood, which grew in their country, but is not found among the Omaha. Most of the Omaha made their shafts of the ma^n'saqtihi, or "real arrow-wood," (Viburnum) as that was the wood best suited for the purpose. Sometimes they were made of chokecherry wood; and ... — Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements • James Owen Dorsey, |