Indian Agriculture
Jefferys, Charles W. 1942
The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1, p.11
From Lafitau 1724
From an engraving in Lafitau's Moeurs des sauvages amériquains, 1724.
Indian Agriculture
Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1972-26-623
Remarks
C.W. Jefferys' notes about this picture from The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1
When sowing corn, Indians often put a small fish in each hill as fertilizer
Indians breaking ground and sowing corn (from Lafitau, 1724).
Indian women gathering corn - corn, squash, pumpkins, beans and tobacco were grown by Indians, especially Huron and Iroquois.
Published References
- Jefferys, Charles W. 1942 The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 1, p.11
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