Monarda fistulosa L. Wild Bergamot, Horsemint.
Ȟeȟaka ta pezhuta (Dakota), “elk medicine” (ȟeȟaka, elk; pezhuta, medicine; ta, genitive sign); or ȟeȟaka ta wote, food of the elk (wote, food).
Pezhe pa (Omaha-Ponca), “bitter herb” (pa, bitter; pezhe, herb).
Tsusahtu (Pawnee), ill smelling.
By the Teton Dakota the flowers and leaves are boiled together to make a medicine which is drunk to cure abdominal pains.
The Winnebago used for pimples and other dermal eruptions on the face an application made by boiling the leaves.
The entry that follows, for a second form of the plant (Monarda fistulosa var., Washtemna), is not transcribed: Gilmore records it as connected with a ceremony, and this Library does not transcribe ceremonial material.