Annual report (1910) (14593364379)

Identifier: annualreport6421910newy (find matches)

Title: Annual report

Year: 1902 (1900s)

Authors: New York State Museum

Subjects: New York State Museum Science Science

Publisher: Albany : University of the State of New York

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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corn was an important matter. Morgan, however,says :7 The red races seldom formed magazines of grain to guardagainst distant wants. A little examination of the works of earlywriters contradicts this statement which Morgan knew did not applyat any rate to the Iroquois. Referring to the custom of burying corn and vegetables in pitsLafitau wrote:8 Didore of Sicile said that the first people of la grande Bretagne,having gathered their corn, kept it in subterranean granaries and itwas only taken out in quantites immediately necessary. The Indianwomen have some sort of an underground granary where also theykeep pumpkins (citroulles) and other fruits. It is a hole four to 1 Cf. Sagard. Voyages des Hurons. Ed. n. 1865. pt 1, p. 135; or seefootnote p. 31 of this work. 2 Ibid. p. 93. 3 Cartier in Hakluyts Voyages, 3 -.271. •* Champlain. Voyages. Paris 1682. p. 301. 5 Lafitau. Moeurs des Sauvages. Paris 1724. 2:12 et seq. 6 Cf. Morgan. League, p. 318. 7 Morgan. League, p.372. 8 Lafitau, 2:80.

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