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apple


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
apple
Myaamia Name:  
mihšiimišaahkwa

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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Sabrevois, J. 1718 Use - Food 

At the entrance of the River detroit . . . Grande Ile. The last is very beautiful, fertile, and large . . . This island has an extraordinary number of appletrees, those who have seen The apples on the ground say that they lie more than a half a foot thick, and the apples-trees are planted as if it had been done on purpose. These apples are as large as small sweet apples [pommes d'api, "bee-apples"].

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 Use - Food 

"micimizhaxkwaki, apple trees"

Costa, D. 2005 Use - Food 

"michiminja", apple

Gravier, J. ca. 1700 Use - Food 

"michiminja un pommier", an apple tree

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Use - Food 

 "mici'minjakwa, [apple] tree"

Rafert, S. 1996 Use - Food 

Crab apples are used as a snack food when in the woods.

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".

Kerr, J. 1835 Use - Food 

 "remezuhqu, apple tree"

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Use - Food 

Apple tree mentioned.

Anonymous 1837 Use - Food 

Apple trees mentioned.

Botanical Sources  
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Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Kohn, R.W, Lynwood, M.R, Edmunds, D. Mannering, M. 1997  

Keller George Oneida described the creation of crabapple trees.