sage

Plant · mentioned in 7 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):
4 mentions via 3 variants: Osage plum (2) · sage (1) · sage-brush (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Big sagebrush (Artemisia gardneri) Greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) Prairie Sagebrush (Artemisia frigida) Silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana) White sagebrush or Dark-leaved mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana)
Clark: January 31, 1805
William Clark · Jan 31, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"made into tea for Drewyer" — transcribed as Sage
Lewis: April 14, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 14, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"aromatic herb on hills"
Lewis: July 22, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 22, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"found in abundance"
Clark: February 15, 1806
William Clark · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"made into tea for Gibson" — transcribed as Sage
Lewis: February 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"made into tea for Gibson"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 20, 1806
John Ordway · Feb 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"made into tea for sick man"
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 30, 1806
Patrick Gass · Apr 30, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"shrubs resembling sage on plain"

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