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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:
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<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>
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<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.  ...</para>
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