Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1919 — The Hickory Tree. [ARTICLE]

The Hickory Tree.

The tree is sajjd to have derived its name from the Indian wonl “Pawcohiccora.” This was a kind of dressing eaten with hominy which the squaws made by crushing hickory nuts in a wooden mortar, adding water until it formed a milky liquid- Early settlers are supposed to have shortened the name of hickory. The Indians got a large part of their winter food from hickory huts, some tribes in the South gathering as much as a hundred bushels per family. .V