An exchange of botanical information in the early contact situation: Wisakon of the Southeastern Algonquians |
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Authors: | William L Merrill Christian F Feest |
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Institution: | 1. Ethnobotanical Laboratory, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 48104, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2. Museum für V?lkerkunde, A-1014, Wien, Neue Burg, Austria
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Abstract: | The termwisakon, recorded among Southeastern Algonquian Indians in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, frequently has been iden tified as one of several plant species. However, it appears thatwisakon referred not to any particular plant species but to a general category of substances that included both plant and nonplant materials. The misunderstanding illustrates some of the problems and procedures involved in the exchange and integration of botanical information by Europeans and Indians in the early culture contact situation. |
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