Annual report . tivation termin-ology 44 VII Utensils for the prepara-tion of corn for food. . 45VIII Cooking and eating cus-toms 59 IX Foods prepared from corn 66 X Uses of the corn plant. 80 Part 2 Other food plants 89 XI Beans and bean 89XII Squashes and other vine vegetables 90 XIII Leaf and stalk 93 XIV Fungi and lichens 93 XV Fruit and berry like foods 94 XVI Food nuts 99 XVII Sap and bark foods 102 XVIII Food roots 104 List of authorities quoted 1 ro Index 115 New York State Education Department Science Division, September 27, 1910 Hon. Andrew S. Draper Commission


Annual report . tivation termin-ology 44 VII Utensils for the prepara-tion of corn for food. . 45VIII Cooking and eating cus-toms 59 IX Foods prepared from corn 66 X Uses of the corn plant. 80 Part 2 Other food plants 89 XI Beans and bean 89XII Squashes and other vine vegetables 90 XIII Leaf and stalk 93 XIV Fungi and lichens 93 XV Fruit and berry like foods 94 XVI Food nuts 99 XVII Sap and bark foods 102 XVIII Food roots 104 List of authorities quoted 1 ro Index 115 New York State Education Department Science Division, September 27, 1910 Hon. Andrew S. Draper Commissioner of Education Sir:* I have the honor to submit herewith for your approval, amanuscript entitled Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants,which has been prepared by Arthur C. Parker, Archeologist of theState Museum, and to recommend its publication as a museumbulletin. Very respectfully John M. Clarke Director State of New YorkEducation Department commissioners room Approved for publication Sept. 28, 1910. Commissioner of Education Education Department Bulletin Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York Entered as second-clasa matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under the act of July 16, 1894 No. 482 ALBANY, N. Y. November i, 1910 New York State Museum John M. Clarke, DirectorMuseum Bulletin 144 IROQUOIS USES OF MAIZE AND OTHER FOOD PLANTS BY ARTHUR C. PARKER, Archeologist PREFATORY NOTE These notes on the preparation and uses of maize and other vege-table foods by the Iroquois have been gathered during a period of 10years, while the writer has been officially concerned with the arche-ology and ethnology of the New York Iroquois and their kindred inCanada. They embrace all it has been possible for him, to gatherfrom the Iroquois themselves concerning the uses of their favoritefood plants. Scores of Indians were questioned and many interest-ing facts were brought out from almost forgotten recesses of theirminds. The greater part


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