Padouca

[Rory M Larson]

David wrote:
> For what it's worth, this name seems not to be attested in Miami, Sauk,
> Shawnee, or Meskwaki before the late 1800's. But that doesn't mean much.
> However, the attestation of this word from Miami probably came from an
> Indiana speaker, not an Oklahoma speaker.

That was one of the avenues I was wondering about, and that would
seem to provide support for the view that the name was widespread
and the concept well known to speakers of native languages across
much of the country.  Do we have any sense of what the context of
use might have been for the Indiana speaker?  I.e., local east-of-
the-Mississippi tradition, vs. knowledge of Padoucas via communication
with Oklahoma relatives?

Rory