natural plant posioning for eating fish

[7 arrows]

hi hows it goin everyone i am reading this book called sacajawea by Anna L Waldo the shoshoni girl who went on lewis an clark expedition n in their travels she met a tribe that used the bark of eastern hemlock tree to posion speckeld trout for eating supposedly it is poisonous to cold blooded animals but not posionous to warm blooded, an im not sure if this is true but there were alot of true traditional hunting an trapping survival stuff in this book if any one can help with this that would be cool

[Doc]

hi hows it goin everyone i am reading this book called sacajawea by Anna L Waldo the shoshoni girl who went on lewis an clark expedition n in their travels she met a tribe that used the bark of eastern hemlock tree to posion speckeld trout for eating supposedly it is poisonous to cold blooded animals but not posionous to warm blooded, an im not sure if this is true but there were alot of true traditional hunting an trapping survival stuff in this book if any one can help with this that would be cool

Check
http://www.primitiveways.com/fish_poison.html
and
http://www.survival.com/fish.htm
for a start.

[7 arrows]

thanks for the reply doc i appreciate it that one site shows the plants they used in all parts off the world thanks alot

[Versatile]

After reading this i wonder if any soaps or detergents would work?

[Kortoso]

I am wondering if the real challenge - especially when you bring manmade chemicals - is to keep them from working too well.

[the loonatic]

I'm not to sure about hemlock trees but the shrubs found in the Uk can be lethal. People have eaten them thinking that they are the eddible relative, cow parsley. However Hemlock is characterised bt the purple spotted leaves.
I know that its highly poisonous if ingested but I'm not sure about if its dangerous when injected i.e. by an arrow.

N.B. In some parts of Europe (alongside dog rose) Hemlock is believed to be a vampire deterant.

[admin]

If you are referring to Poison Hemlock, Water Hemlock, or Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock, all 3 of these plants are extremely poisonous.
Water Hemlock is the most poisonous plant in North America. One mouthful will kill you. Not "might" kill you; "will" kill you.
Many children have been seriously poisoned by using the hollow stems as pea shooters.
See http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=117