quamash

Plant · mentioned in 4 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
2 mentions via 1 variant: ash (2)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Camas (Camassia quamash)
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — John Ordway: September 24, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 24, 1805 · Nez Perce villages on Clearwater
"camas, food of Northwestern tribes"
Lewis: March 27, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 27, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"root food given by natives"
Lewis: June 1, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 1, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"grounds where hunting occurs"
Lewis: June 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 2, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"Quawmash grounds for hunting"

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