They all differ in their habitations, towns and tongues. There is a language in which calling to a person, for "look here" they say "Arre aca," and to a dog "Xo."[154] Everywhere they produce stupefaction with a smoke, and for that they will give whatever they possess. They drink a tea made from leaves of a tree like those of the oak, which they toast in a pot; and after these are parched, the vessel, still remaining on the fire, is filled with water. When the liquor has twice boiled, they pour it into a jar, and in cooling it use the half of a gourd. So soon as it is covered thickly with froth, it is drunk as warm as can be supported; and from the time it is taken out of the pot until it is used they are crying aloud: "Who wishes to drink?" When the women hear these cries, they instantly stop, fearing to move; and although they may be heavily laden, they dare do nothing further. Should one of them move, they dishonor her, beating her with sticks, and greatly vexed, throw away the liquor they have prepared; while they who have drunk eject it, which they do readily and without pain. The reason they give for this usage is, that when they are about to drink, if the women move from where they hear the cry, something pernicious enters the body in that liquid, shortly producing death. At the time of boiling, the vessel must be covered; and if it should happen to be open when a woman passes, they use no more of that liquid, but throw it out. The color is yellow. They are three days taking it, eating nothing in the time, and daily each one drinks an arroba and a half.[155] [154] In the 1542 edition, as given by Mrs. Bandelier, "Among them is a language wherein they call men _mira aca_, _arraca_, and dogs _xo_." Compare _háka_, "sit down," in Karankawa (Gatschet, _Karankawa Indians_, Cambridge, Mass., 1891, p. 80). In the above it would appear as if the Spanish _mira_ had been regarded as a part of the Indian exclamation. [155] The tree from which the so-called "black drink" is made is _Ilex cassine_, and the custom of preparing and partaking of the liquid (known also as Carolina tea) was general among the tribes of the South, including the Gulf coast. The drink was known among the Catawbas as _yaupon_, among the Creeks as _ássi-lupútski_, the latter signifying "small leaves," commonly abbreviated _ássi_, whence the name of the celebrated Seminole chief _Osceola_, _i.e._, "Black-drink Hallooer," or "Black-drink Singer." The partaking of the black drink was an important part of the _puskita_, or _busk_, ceremony among the Creeks.