[106] Gookin, pp. 150-51; Williams, p. 40; Wood, p. 76.
[107] Williams, p. 40.
[108] Ibid., pp. 120-22; Gookin, pp. 150-51.
[109] Williams, p. 122.
[110] Ibid., p. 121.
[111] Ibid., p. 120.
[112] Ibid.; no description of the process is given.
[113] Including snakes. John Brereton’s narrative in SAILORS NARRATIVES OF VOYAGES ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST 1524-1624, George Parker Winship, ed. (Boston, 1905), p. 50.
[114] This is the conclusion reached by Bennett after a study of the subject, and the current writer could not find reference to its use by Indians of the area either; Bennett, p. 384.
[115] Bennett estimates that 65% of the caloric intake was provided by corn; Ibid., p. 394.