wild Onions

Plant · mentioned in 15 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):
1 mention via 1 variant: onion (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Clark: April 13, 1805
William Clark · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"immense quantity on creek banks" — transcribed as wild onions
Lewis: April 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"growing on creek borders" — transcribed as wild onions
Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 14, 1805
John Ordway · Apr 14, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"grow on plains by creek" — transcribed as wild onions
Lewis: July 22, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 22, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"musquit-ball sized, gathered half bushel" — transcribed as wild onion
Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Patrick Gass: July 22, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 22, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"gathered in quantity at stop" — transcribed as wild onions
Lewis: July 23, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 23, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"collected further supply" — transcribed as wild onions
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 8, 1805
John Ordway · Aug 8, 1805 · Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon
"seen growing on prairie"
Lewis: August 25, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 25, 1805 · Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots
"in bottom lands of cove" — transcribed as wild onions
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — John Ordway: August 25, 1805
John Ordway · Aug 25, 1805 · Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots
"growing in the prairie" — transcribed as wild onions
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 29, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 29, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"seen along the south side" — transcribed as wild onions
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — John Ordway: April 14, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 14, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"given to party to eat" — transcribed as wild onions
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — John Ordway: May 7, 1806
John Ordway · May 7, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"growing on the rich hills" — transcribed as wild onions
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — John Ordway: May 9, 1806
John Ordway · May 9, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"growing on the plains" — transcribed as wild onions
Clark: May 23, 1806
William Clark · May 23, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"applied as fresh poultice for child" — transcribed as wild Onion
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"index reference" — transcribed as wild onions

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