pompions

He found in that towne great store of Maiz, French beanes, and pompions, which is their foode, and that wherewith the Christians there sustained themselues.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

England fare, all the mysterious compounds and concoctions of Indian corn and "pompions," all sorts of roast meats, "turces" cooked in various ways, gingerbread and "cacks," and -- an inevitable feature at the time of every gathering of people, from a corn-husking or apple-bee to a funeral -- a liberal amount of cider, punch, and grog was also supplied, which latter compound beverages were often mixed on the meeting-house green or even in punch-bowls on the very door-steps of the church.

Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

The obsequious wife of a native commonly accompanies her husband every where, even to the wars, and serves him in the quality of a beast of burden; being loaded with a basket at her back, in which is deposited all their household utensils, which con - sists in a few dishes and cups made of the rind of calabasses, a kind of pompions; ahammock made of cotton, like net work, which they fasten to two sticks, made fast in the ground, and this thev use for beds; but wJien they travel tliey tie them to trees.

A commercial view, and geographical sketch, of the Brasils in South America, and of the island of Madeira... serving as a guide to the commercial world.. 1812

Here likewise, as well as in Dauphine, they raise a vast quantity of very large pompions, with the contents of which they thicken their soup and ragouts.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

Limes were very scarce, and oranges, pompions, and other vegetables which were most wanted, were not to be procured at this season.

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King

The leaf of the tobacco having a very fine down, easily retains this sand, which the least breath of air diffuses every where; which is the reason that no more tobacco is raised in this island, but provisions only, as maiz, potatoes, pompions, &c. which cannot be damaged by the sands.

History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

The _Lion_, within a few days descried that she was sent for, espying a frigate, which she presently boarded and took, laden with maize, hens, and pompions from Tolou; who assured us of the whole truth of the arrival of the Fleet: in this frigate were taken one woman and twelve men, of whom one was the _Scrivano_ of Tolou.

Sir Francis Drake Revived Philip [Editor] Nichols

I heard a captain, the other day, telling of pumpkins, which he called pompions.

Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59

The Lion, within a few days descried that she was sent for, espying a frigate, which she presently boarded and took, laden with maize, hens, and pompions from Tolou; who assured as of the whole truth of the arrival of the Fleet: in this frigate were taken one woman and twelve men, of whom one was the Scrivano of Tolou.

Sir Francis Drake Revived. Paras. 100-199 1909

Grain and rice are raised in great abundance, besides which the inhabitants in the vicinity of the towns and villages have gardens which produce onions, calavances, yams, cassava, ground-nuts, pompions, gourds, watermelons, and other esculent plants.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909