Indian Bread (1644)

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   DARE has 1654 for "Indian bread."  This is an important American food, often cited as "Indian corn bread" or "Indian fry bread."
   This is from EARLY ENGLISH BOOKS ONLINE.



Author: Castell, William, d. 1645.
Title: A short discoverie of the coasts and continent of America, from the equinoctiall northward, and the adjacent isles by William Castell ... ; whereunto is prefixed the authors petition to this present Parliament for the propagation of the Gospell in America, attested by many eminent English and Scottish divines ... ; together with Sir Benjamin Rudyers speech in Parliment, 21 Jan. concerning America.
Publication date: 1644.
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The second BOOKE. > GVIANA.
• ...  to September, they live in houses upon trees very artificially built, their food being Indian bread, fh and venisons, prepared before hand. / Here they happene ...