Lewis: June 7, 1806
Two young Nez Perce chiefs returned to their village on Commeap Creek, accompanied by Sergeant Gass, McNeal, Whitehouse, and Goodrich, who went to trade old sailcloth, fish gigs, scrap iron, files, and bullets for pack ropes and bags. They obtained only a few strings. Hohastillpilp crossed the river to give Frazier a horse in return for a previous gift of shoe-packs. Drouillard left on a hunting trip up Collins's Creek. The party prepared saddles and loads for departure, planning to move to the quamash plains on the 10th. Lewis described a local cherry species in detail.
Saturday June 7th 1806. The two young Cheifs who visited last evening
returned to their village on Commeap C. with some others of the natives.
Sergt. Gass, McNeal, Whitehouse and Goodrich accompanyed them with a view
to procure some pack or lash ropes in exchange for parts of an old sain,
fish giggs, peices of old iron, old files and some bullets. they were also
directed to procure some bags for the purpose of containing our roots
& bread. in the evening they all returned except Whitehouse and
Goodrich who remained all night. they procured a few strings but no bags.
Hohastillpilp passed the river today and brought over a horse which he
gave Frazier one of our party who had previously made him a present of a
pair of Cannadian shoes or shoe-packs. Drewyer set out on a hunting
excurtion up Collins’s Creek this evening. we wish to leave the deer in
the neighbourhood of the quawmash plains undisturbed untill the 10th when
we intend removing thither to lay in some meat for our voyage over the
Mountains. our party are much engaged in preparing their saddles arranging
their loads provisions &c for our departure. There is a speceis of
cherry which grows in this neighbourhood in sitations like the Choke
cherry or near the little rivulets and wartercouses. it seldom grows in
clumps or from the same cluster of roots as the choke cherry dose. the
stem is simple branching reather diffuse stem the cortex is of a redish
dark brown and reather smooth. the leaf is of the ordinary dexture and
colour of those of most cherries, it is petiolate; a long oval 11/4 inhes
in length and 1/2 an inch in width, obtuse, margin so finely serrate that
it is scarcely perseptable & smooth. the peduncle is common 1 inch in
length, branch proceeding from the extremities as well as the sides of the
branches, celindric gradually tapering; the secondary peduncles are about
1/2 an inch in length scattered tho proceeding more from the extremity of
the common peduncle and are each furnished with a small bracted. the parts
of fructification are much like those discribed of the choke cherry except
that the petals are reather longer as is the calix reather deeper. the
cherry appears to be half grown, the stone is begining to be hard and is
in shape somewhat like that of the plumb; it appears that when ripe it
would be as large as the Kentish cherry, which indeed the growth of the
bush somewhat resembles; it rises about 6 or 8 feet high
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Saturday June 7th 1806. The two young chiefs who visited last evening returned to their village on Commeap Creek with some others of the natives. Sergeant Gass, McNeal, Whitehouse, and Goodrich accompanied them with the goal of getting some pack or lash ropes in exchange for parts of an old seine, fish gigs, pieces of old iron, old files, and some bullets. They were also instructed to obtain some bags for holding our roots and bread. In the evening they all returned except Whitehouse and Goodrich, who stayed the night. They got a few strings but no bags.
Hohastillpilp crossed the river today and brought over a horse, which he gave to Frazier, one of our party, who had earlier given him a pair of Canadian shoes or shoe-packs. Drewyer set out on a hunting excursion up Collins's Creek this evening. We wish to leave the deer in the neighborhood of the quamash plains undisturbed until the 10th, when we intend to move there to lay in some meat for our voyage over the mountains. Our party is much occupied in preparing their saddles and arranging their loads, provisions, etc. for our departure.
There is a species of cherry that grows in this neighborhood in situations like the chokecherry, or near the little rivulets and watercourses. It seldom grows in clumps or from the same cluster of roots as the chokecherry does. The stem is simple, branching, with a rather diffuse stem; the bark is of a reddish dark brown and rather smooth. The leaf is of the ordinary texture and color of those of most cherries; it is petiolate, a long oval 1 1/4 inches in length and 1/2 an inch in width, obtuse, with the margin so finely serrate that it is scarcely perceptible, and smooth. The peduncle is commonly 1 inch in length, branching from the extremities as well as the sides of the branches, cylindric and gradually tapering; the secondary peduncles are about 1/2 an inch in length, scattered though proceeding more from the extremity of the common peduncle, and each is furnished with a small bract. The parts of fructification are much like those described for the chokecherry, except that the petals are rather longer, as is the calyx rather deeper. The cherry appears to be half grown; the stone is beginning to harden and is shaped somewhat like that of the plum. It appears that when ripe it would be as large as the Kentish cherry, which indeed the growth of the bush somewhat resembles; it rises about 6 or 8 feet high.
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