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peach


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
peach
Myaamia Name:  
peeweeyocaahkwa

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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 Pecongah, he 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 

 "paweotcakwa, peach tree" and "pawiotcakatwi", peach, i.e. fuzzy, peach stone.

Bush, L. L 1996 Use - Food 

Human charred Prunus sp. floral material recovered from an early Myaamia Village excavation at the forks of the Wabash River (Fort Wayne), 1795-1812 (Ehler Site).

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Native of China which occurs as an escape or planted in eastern and western Myaamia lands.

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