Also 8–9 suckatash, succatosh, 9 sagatash, succatras, suckertash, succatash, suc-ca-tush. [a. Narragansett msiquatash (inanimate pl.), of which divergent explanations are given.] A dish of North American Indian origin, usually consisting of green maize and beans boiled together.
1778. J. Carver, Trav. N. Amer., vi. 263. This [dish] is composed of their unripe corn … and beans in the same state, boiled together with bears flesh … They call this food Succatosh.
1792. Belknap, Hist. New Hampsh., III. 93. Their samp and homony,… their nokehike,… their suckatash, which is a mixture of corn and beans boiled, are much used.
1826. J. F. Cooper, Mohicans, xxviii. The wise Huron is welcome,… he is come to eat his ‘suc-ca-tush’ with his brothers of the lakes!
1876. E. W. Clark, Life Japan, 61. There were roast ducks and chickens,… tomatoes, succotash, and potatoes.
