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2 Varieties of corn used by the Iroquois 



Xea tnays amy lac ea, soft corns 

 Tuscarora or Squaw, Ona'onga"=: i zvhite corn 

 Tuscarora short eared, Onyuh' gw ikta=^ growing over the tip 

 Purple soft, Oso"gwudji' = /'«f/'/t? 

 Red soft, gwe"da'a = red 



Zea mays indurata, flint corns 

 Hominy or flint, dioneo"state'^the corn glistens 

 Hominy or flint, long eared, he"kowa 



„ ,. { yodVisto' gonny\=^ it spotted is 

 Calico, -{ , , -, -^ . , , 



I deyuneo*^ de'^ms = mixed colors 



Yellow, djitgwa'^'a" he"kowa = yellow he"kowa 



Zea mays saccharata^ sweet corns 

 Sweet, diyut'gotnogwi = puckered corn 

 Black sweet, oso"gwud'dji deutgo^'negaide = 6/ac^ puckers 



Zea mays everta, pod corn 

 Red pop, gwe""da'a wata'tongwus = red, it hursts 

 White pop, wata'tongwus = jY bursts 



Zea mays (variety ?), pod corn 

 Sacred corn, ona'o'^we = original corn 



The Mohawks cultivate some of these varieties now. Mr William 

 Loft, a Mohawk Indian of the Six Nations Reservation in Canada, 

 gives the Mohawk names for the following : 



Tuscarora, ono"staga"'rha 



Tuscarora, short, ono"staoan'nal 



Sweet corn, degon'derho"wix 



Hominy or white flint, onust'teofiwe' 



Hominy, longeared, ga'hrades 



Yellow, o'jinegwa"onuste' 



Purple, orhon'ya' 



Husk or pod, oo'^'na* 



Pop, wadada'gwas oniuste' 



1 Seneca terminology. 



