quawmash

Plant · mentioned in 38 journal entries

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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
Clark: May 4, 1806
William Clark · May 4, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"root natives extremely fond of"
Lewis: May 4, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 4, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"root natives are extremely fond of"
Lewis: May 9, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 9, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"esculent root, valuable food" — transcribed as Quawmash
Clark: May 10, 1806
William Clark · May 10, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"two bushels brought forward as food"
Lewis: May 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 10, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"abundant in ravine mud"
Lewis: May 16, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 16, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"root that creates wind particularly"
Lewis: May 18, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 18, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"in name of quawmash grounds"
Lewis: May 25, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 25, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"grounds referenced as hunting area"
Clark: May 28, 1806
William Clark · May 28, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"esculent root collected in spring" — transcribed as Quawmash
Lewis: May 28, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · May 28, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"ground where hunters worked"
Clark: June 1, 1806
William Clark · Jun 1, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"grounds beyond Colins creek"
Clark: June 3, 1806
William Clark · Jun 3, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"namesake of hunting grounds" — transcribed as Quawmash
Lewis: June 3, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 3, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"grounds beyond Collins's creek"
Clark: June 4, 1806
William Clark · Jun 4, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"area where Shields hunted" — transcribed as Quawmash
Lewis: June 4, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 4, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"grounds where Sheilds was hunting"
Lewis: June 7, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 7, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"plains where deer are present"
Clark: June 10, 1806
William Clark · Jun 10, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"fields where party intends to camp"
Lewis: June 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 10, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"flatts named for this plant"
Clark: June 11, 1806
William Clark · Jun 11, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"camas bulb staple food described extensively" — transcribed as Quawmash
Lewis: June 11, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 11, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"described in detail, staple Chopunnish food"
Clark: June 12, 1806
William Clark · Jun 12, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"now in bloom resembling a lake"
Lewis: June 12, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 12, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"in bloom, resembles lakes of water"
Clark: June 15, 1806
William Clark · Jun 15, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"growing in prairie and glade"
Clark: June 16, 1806
William Clark · Jun 16, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"growing in gladey swampy bottom"
Lewis: June 16, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 16, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"abounded in handsome meadows"
Clark: June 18, 1806
William Clark · Jun 18, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"flats where camas grows"
Clark: June 19, 1806
William Clark · Jun 19, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"several glades of it observed"
Clark: June 20, 1806
William Clark · Jun 20, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"flatts where party plans to return"
Lewis: June 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 20, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"flatts named for the plant"
Clark: June 21, 1806
William Clark · Jun 21, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"flatts and ground named for camas"
Lewis: June 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 21, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"camas grounds referenced as location"
Clark: June 27, 1806
William Clark · Jun 27, 1806 · Successful Bitterroot crossing with Nez Perce guides
"glade on head of Kooskoske river"
Lewis: June 27, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 27, 1806 · Successful Bitterroot crossing with Nez Perce guides
"implied in Quawmash glade place name"
Clark: June 29, 1806
William Clark · Jun 29, 1806 · Successful Bitterroot crossing with Nez Perce guides
"plentifully stocked on flats"
Lewis: June 29, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 29, 1806 · Successful Bitterroot crossing with Nez Perce guides
"plain plentifully stocked with it"
Clark: June 30, 1806
William Clark · Jun 30, 1806 · Travelers' Rest - party splits: Lewis north, Clark south
"name of flats where expedition camped"
Lewis: July 5, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 5, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"considerable quantity in little drain"
Clark: July 6, 1806
William Clark · Jul 6, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"beginning to bloom in glades"

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