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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.
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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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