Show Indians Use More Than Thousand Plant Foods W Washington Indians of oi North American tasted and found good for food over a thousand of the plants on the continent No less than 1112 species of plants used in some way as food by Indians are arc listed in a new publication compiled compiled com corn piled by a chemist Elias of the United States bureau of chemistry chemistry chem chem- and soils The list includes ferns algae and fungi and shows that Indian cooks contrived fruit jellies beverages soups breads and other dishes |