of dry and green wood is required every winter – The dry for fuel and the green for provender[.] A certain portion of poplar branches is provided for each horse[.] The bark which the horse clears off is reckoned little inferior to Oaks[.]

In the spring so soon as the weather, and the state of the ground will permit the women repair to the fields – when they cut the stalks of the Indian Corn of the proceeding year and drop new seed into the socket of the remaining roots. A small kind of Pumpkins which are very productive they plant with a dibble and raise the ground into hillocks the same as those about Indian Corn[.] Their Kidney Beans they plant in the same manner[.] They cultivate a tall kind of Sun flower the seed of which is reckoned good eating[,] Dry and pounded with fat and made into Balls of three or four ounces, are found excellent for long journeys[.] One of these Balls with the addition of a few roots gathered occasionally in their way is considered sufficient food for a man

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