[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.