Date:  Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:52:55 -0500
From:  "(Dale F. Coye)" <Dfcoye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
Subject: Muskrat Root- poisonous plant

I was reading the story of Mary Jemison, captured by the Indians in 1755 or
so, became a full member of the Senecas in Western NY. Great story if anyone
wants to check it out. Each of her sons was murdered in the early 1800s, and
in one case the murderer commits suicide by eating a large quantity of
muskrat root. DARE tells us that it is the same as the plant sweet flag,
with a Delaware cite, but sweet flag, I find is edible, used in making candy
in fact. Maybe it was the quantity he ate, or maybe it was a different
plant. Anybody know where to go to find out more about the alternative names
of plants? Just curious, I have nothing in mind.

Dale Coye
The College of NJ