quamash
Americannoun
noun
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Hither also the tribes from the Rocky Mountains brought down horses, bear-grass, quamash, and other commodities of the interior.
From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington
For "quamash" read "camass," an edible root much prized by the Nez Perces then and now.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Brooks, Noah
It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state or boiled into a kind of soup or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.
It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup, or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Brooks, Noah
The pale blue flowers of the quamash gave to the level country the appearance of a blue lake.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Brooks, Noah
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