Silver Lake Regional High School - Torch Yearbook (Kingston, MA)

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Yearbook 1965 373 73 YEA 37605001757255 Silver Lake Regional High School Library DATE DUE I Library Silver Lake Regional High School Kingston, MA 02364 Before the colonists came to Plymouth, the Pequot Indians used the ibimi or bitter berry as medi- cine, food and as a symbol of peace between the vari- ous tribes .. . When the Pilgrims arrived, the In- dians made gifts of the cranberries to them The Pilgrim women cooked the berries in water and sweetenings and thus made the first batch of cranberry sauce . Soon after the berries ' introduction to Europe on clipf)er ships, there was great demand for leir exportation . . . This lemand resulted in greater concenfnifion on cultiva- tion A particular method of cultivation, de- veloped by Henry Hall, employed throughout Cape Cod and Silver Lake districts ... As the towns in the region grew in population and demand for more berries and berry products increased, so did the cranberry bogs. ■fe velo

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