Show indians grew much corn the great age of corn culture in america is witnessed by the fact that the first explorers found indians growing corn practically everywhere that it can grow on this continent from the forested re regions of new england and ontario through the rich I 1 midwest and the irrigated pueblo lands of the southwest rising to a climax in the high indian civilizations of the mexican plateau yucatan and the andean uplands of south america out again finally among the more primitive tribes of the pampas far to the south only desert extremely poor soil or a too short growing season could discourage an indian tribe from adopting corn as a mainstay food plant successful F farming arming |