"make the experiment--you need be under no apprehensions whatever, for in "giving her of the same root to _eat_ it will stop." This root, when mastigated, & applied when reduced to pulp, but better when pulverised, stops the blood immediately on application to any wound--"_how profusely soever it may "flow_." It is very astringent, & somewhat hot. Another herb, I beleive it is the (wild) Carroway, i. e. which we commonly denominate aniseeds--at least the smell & taste much resemble that, & its stalk bears a very great resemblance to the wild mint, as well as the leaves & flowers. I _suppose_ this is the one meant, because they tell me the taste & smell are delicious: This root, & all its appurtenances (i.e. stalk, leaves, & flowers) is of wonderful effects in various _things_. I shall give you some of the stories relating to it as I received them. "I was living out with _such_ an indian, & we became reduced to _short commons_ "--One day he (the indian) took a piece of bark & drew upon it 3 moose--& put some of "this _medecine_ upon the heart & head of each; then he fastened a piece of sinew to it & "told me to fasten it to a small stick that had been stuck _slant-way_ in the Ground-- ""Now said he, let me see if this will do: oh no! I am afraid it wont; but I'll try--if it ""answers, the bark will dance"! I laughed at his idea (a half breed told me this) & so "did one of his sons: however the son told me that he had seen his father do so before, & "that he killed every time"--stop! Let us see how he will go on," said the Son. The father "began to sing (& if _I_ remember right, beat the drum also)--Shortly after the bark began to