Note 49 — Chapter I · Why I went to Great Salt Lake City.—The various Routes.—The Line of Country traversed.—Diaries and Disquisitions. (continued 3)

Punkin (i.e., pumpkin) and corn (i.e., zea maize) are, and were from time immemorial, the great staples of native American agriculture.

[50] According to Webster, “forks” (in the plural)—the point where a river divides, or rather where two rivers meet and unite in one stream. Each branch is called a “fork.” The word might be useful to English travelers.