fern root
Food · mentioned in 3 journal entries
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Lewis: January 22, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"roasted in embers, dough-like"
Clark: February 13, 1806
William Clark · Feb 13, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"natives eat roots of fern"
— transcribed as fern roots
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 5, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 5, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"prepared by natives for food"