Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 26, 1805

staid here some time to procure provisions from the natives,
for which we gave them in exchange a number of small arti-
cles. The provisions which we got consisted of roots, bread
and fish. Their bread is made of roots which they call comas,
and which resemble onions in shape, but are of a sweet taste.
This bread is manufactured by steaming, pounding and bak-
ing the roots on a kiln they have for the purpose. About 4
o’clock we renewed our journey, and went 2 miles to another
small village, through a beautiful rich plain, in which these
roots grow in abundance. We halted at the second village
all night and got some more provisions. About dark a
shower of rain fell.