English

centipede

Arapaho

1. hoowuho’ohtee-t ; 2. howoho’ohteihii

Translation of Arapaho

1. ‘it has many legs’ ; 2. ‘many legged one’

 

Centipedes and the Arapaho

According to Alfred Kroeber, centipede bites were treated by crushing the animal and mixing it with a certain medicinal root (The Arapaho, p. 438).

Centipedes apparently had some form of medicinal or ceremonial power (The Arapaho, p.443).