Besides hemp and sugar, which the Indians seldom attempt to raise on their own account, the principal products of the country are corn, beans, and calabazas, like our pumpkins and Squashes, camotes, which are perhaps the parent of our Carolina potatoes, and chili or pepper, of which last an inordinate quantity is consumed, both by the Indians and Spaniards.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
Those half-Pawnees raised Squashes, corn, and beans.
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough
By the end of January Jared was emboldened to exhibit one of his Squashes at a church sociable.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller