ATTRA has this info available online which has various layouts for a three sisters garden, four counting sunflowers.

Here is a link that might be useful: companion planting

Thanks Althea.

The summary: Corn/bean hills 4' on center in each direction, four to eigt seeds of each per. Squash also on 4x4 spacing, offset halfway between corn/bean hills in each direction. Plant corn. Plant beans and transplant squash starts when corn is 4" tall.

The thing that surprised me was Squanto planting an alewife under each hill. An alewife is about 1 1/2" long. They're tiny! I think I'll use a scoop of crab shell instead.

Dan

here is another link that you might find usefull

http://www.reneesgarden.com/articles/3sisters.html

I read this last year and though it was great. It explains about Native Americans' gardening techniques. Give it a look.

Here is a link that might be useful: Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden

Thanks for posting that link booberry. I read parts of it a few years ago, but didn't bookmark it. I have done so this time.

Squanto was merely copying a common English method of fertilizing gardens by using fish. Native Americans actually did not practice this method. Squanto (or Tisquanto) lived in England for about 9 years prior to this.