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2 Varieties of corn used by the Iroquois 



Tea mays amylacea, soft corns 

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

 Tuscarora vshort eared, Onyun'gwikta'=^ ^r(9wm^ over the tip 

 Purple soft, Oso"gwudji' ^=:/'iir/'/<?- 

 Red soft, gweMa'a:=f£'(i 



Xea mays indurata, flint corns 



Horniny or flint, dioneo"state'=the corn glistens 



Hominy or flint, long eared, he^kowa 



_ ,. ( yod]hto'gonr\yi=^ it spotted is 

 Calico, 4 , , 1 -w . , ' 



I deyuneo'^ de"ius = 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 ^ &/ac^ puckers 



Zea mays everta, pod corn 

 Red pop, gwe"'Ma'a wata'tofigwus = red, it hursts 

 White pop, wata'tongwus =^ it 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'Hvix 



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. 



