Clark: August 10, 1806
The party dried elk meat on poles and sent out hunters while strong east winds blew all day, with clouds and a few raindrops in the afternoon. Clark finished copying his sketches of the Yellowstone (Rochejhone) River. Shields killed a black-tailed deer and an antelope, but other hunters returned empty-handed, as deer were scarce here. Clark described in detail an unfamiliar shrub cherry with scarlet berries found in the area. The men dug and boiled prairie turnip roots, called Hankee by natives, to eat with their meat.
Tuesday 10th August 1806 had the flesh of the elk hung on poles to dry,
and Sent out the the hunters. wind blew hard from the East all day. in the
after part of the day it was cloudy & a fiew drops of rain. I finished
a Copy of my Sketches of the River Rochejhone. Shields killed a black tail
deer & an antilope. the other hunters killed nothing. deer are very
Scerce on this part of the river. I found a Species of Cherry in the
bottom the Srub or bush which are differant from any which I have ever
Seen and not very abundant even in this Small tract of country to which it
Seems to be confined. the Stem is compound erect and subdivided or
branching without any regular order. it rises to the hight of 8 or 10 feet
Seldom putting out more than one Stem from the Same root not growing in
cops as the Choke Cherry does. the bark is Smooth and of a dark brown
colour. the leaf is petialate, oval accutely pointed at it’s apex, from 1
and a 1/4 to one and a 1/2 inch in length and from a half to 3/4 of an
inch in wedth, finely or manutely Serrate, pale green and free from
bubessance. The fruit is a globular berry about the Size of a buck Shot of
a fine Scarlet red; like the cherries cultivated in the U. States each is
supported by a Seperate Celindric flexable branch peduncle which issues
from the extremities of the boughs. the peduncle of this cherry Swells as
it approaches the fruit being largest at the point of insertion. the pulp
of this fruit is of an agreeable ascid flavour and is now ripe. the Style
and Stigma are permanent. I have never Seen it in blume. it is found on
the high Stiff lands or hill Sides-. the men dug great parcel of the root
which the Nativs call Hankee and the engagees the white apple which they
boiled and made use of with their meat. This is a large insipid root and
very tasteless. the nativs use this root after it is dry and pounded in
their Seup.
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Tuesday, 10th August 1806. Had the flesh of the elk hung on poles to dry, and sent out the hunters. The wind blew hard from the east all day. In the latter part of the day it was cloudy with a few drops of rain. I finished a copy of my sketches of the River Rochejhone. Shields killed a black-tail deer and an antelope. The other hunters killed nothing. Deer are very scarce on this part of the river.
I found a species of cherry in the bottom, a shrub or bush different from any I have ever seen, and not very abundant even in this small tract of country to which it seems to be confined. The stem is compound, erect, and subdivided or branching without any regular order. It rises to the height of 8 or 10 feet, seldom putting out more than one stem from the same root, not growing in copses as the choke cherry does. The bark is smooth and of a dark brown color. The leaf is petiolate, oval, acutely pointed at its apex, from 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches in length and from 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in width, finely or minutely serrate, pale green, and free from pubescence. The fruit is a globular berry about the size of a buckshot, of a fine scarlet red, like the cherries cultivated in the U.S. Each is supported by a separate cylindrical, flexible peduncle which issues from the extremities of the boughs. The peduncle of this cherry swells as it approaches the fruit, being largest at the point of insertion. The pulp of this fruit is of an agreeable acid flavor and is now ripe. The style and stigma are permanent. I have never seen it in bloom. It is found on the high, stiff lands or hillsides.
The men dug a great parcel of the root which the natives call Hankee, and the engagés the white apple, which they boiled and made use of with their meat. This is a large, insipid root and very tasteless. The natives use this root after it is dried and pounded in their soup.
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