| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Use - Food |
In the traditional story of Young Thunder William Pekongah describes the crops he had growing on his land 160 acres of reserve in central Indiana. "There I planted corn, wheat, potatoes, peas, tobacco, beans, apple trees, pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, onions, hay, straw, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, turnips, tomatoes, pawpaws, cherries, strawberries, plums, blackhaws, peaches, walnut trees, pecans, hickory nuts, barley and rye." |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | Use - Food |
The word meekwaaki refers to the cultivated turnip, whereas wiihkapayiihsia refers to the wild plant and tuber called Indian turnip, Arisaema triphyllum. |
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| Anonymous 1837 | Use - Food |
Turnip mentioned |
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| Kerr, J. 1835 | Use - Food |
"mυqokeυ, turnip" |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | "Weas and Peorias and some Miamis say mäkwákĭ" |