bear grass

Plant · mentioned in 10 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
2 mentions via 1 variant: grass (2)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) Bear grass; western turkey-beard (Xerophyllum tenax)
Clark: September 2, 1804
William Clark · Sep 2, 1804 · Missouri River near Niobrara River
"observed on sides of hills" — transcribed as Bear grass
Clark: October 31, 1805
William Clark · Oct 31, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"loaded in canoes for trade below" — transcribed as Bear grass
Clark: January 19, 1806
William Clark · Jan 19, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"interwoven with cedar bark for hats"
Lewis: January 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 19, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"interwoven with cedar bark for hats"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: January 24, 1806
John Ordway · Jan 24, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"interwoven in hat manufacture"
Clark: February 22, 1806
William Clark · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"used to ornament hats"
Clark: March 19, 1806
William Clark · Mar 19, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"used in hats, baskets, way tape"
Clark: April 9, 1806
William Clark · Apr 9, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"given in trade by Chee-luck-kit-le-quaw"
Clark: April 20, 1806
William Clark · Apr 20, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"used for making mats" — transcribed as Bear grass
Lewis: April 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 20, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"employed in forming various articles"

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