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turnip


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
turnip
Myaamia Name:  
meekwaaki

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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
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."

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.

Anonymous 1837 Use - Food

Turnip mentioned

Kerr, J. 1835 Use - Food

"mυqokeυ, turnip"

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Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900  

"Weas and Peorias and some Miamis say mäkwákĭ"