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  <section>
    <title>Securing a Permanent Colony in the Claimed Lands</title>
    <para>With land claimed in the New World, an expedition was mounted to establish a settlement.
      ...</para>
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    <section>
      <title>Native Plants and Wildlife</title>
      <para>... The settlers discovered that while some roots could be
        eaten much in appearance as they were dug, others had to be boiled before use as a
        foodstuff. As more fully described below, other plants included beans, and several crops
        previously unknown to the Europeans: <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>“macocqwer” (gourds),</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>“melden” (an herb),</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>“planta solis” (sunflower — used in a type of bread, as well as for broth),</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>peas (powdered in a mortar), and</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>potatoes.</para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
      </para>
      <section>
        <title>Gourds</title>
        <para>The native people grew a variety of large broad-leafed, ground-covering vines which
          produced what they called “macocqwer” or gourds. (<emphasis role="ital">See</emphasis>
          <xref linkend="gourds"/>.) Varying in color among shades of green, yellow, and orange,
          these gourds served a number of functions, not chief of which was as a food source.
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      </section>
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    </section>
  </section>
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