ABSTRACT
Georgia) taw-kee [tackvim, tawkee, tawkin] (Algonquian, in Delaware, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania) tuckahoe [tockwhogh, tockawhoughe] (by confusion, as this was
historically used for Peltandra, Powhatan, Virginia) water-dock (a resemblance of the leaves to Rumex)
The confusion between tuckahoe (Peltandra) and taw-kee (Orontium) may be due to faulty history, or it may have resulted from misunderstanding by Capt. John Smith. Perhaps, however, Fernald et al. (1958) were wrong when they wrote that the indigenous people used the two and their names indiscriminately. Neither the Swedes who learned from the local tribes nor Peter Kalm had any trouble telling the two apart.
