thistle root
Food · mentioned in 4 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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Post-expedition
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Clark: January 21, 1806
William Clark · Jan 21, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"sugary native food, sometimes eaten raw"
Lewis: January 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 21, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"sweet, sugary food eaten by natives"
Clark: January 22, 1806
William Clark · Jan 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"baked, eaten with train oil"
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — John Ordway: April 14, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 14, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"sweeted and sweet"
— transcribed as thistle roots
