Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1876
Collection Date:
1876
Notes:
FROM OLD EXHBIT LABEL: "KAUSE ROOT.---FROM PUCEDANUM AMBIGUUM, A PLANT WHICH GROWS ON HILLS AND MOUNTAINS WHERE THE SOIL IS UNPRODUCTIVE. WHEN FRESH IT HAS A TASTE LIKE PARSNIPS, BUT ON DRYING IT BECOMES BRITTLE, WHITE, AND ACQUIRES THE FLAVOR OF CELERY. IT IS GROUND INTO FLOUR, WHICH IS PRESSED INTO CAKES ABOUT TWELVE INCHES WIDE, THREE FEET IN LENGTH, AND HALF AN INCH THICK, AND THESE ARE LAID ON STICKS AND DRIED, OR BAKED OVER FIRES. A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE IS FOR CONVENIENCE IN ATTACHING THEM TO THE SADDLE IN TRAVELLING. FROM THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS, IDAHO, 1876. 23,846. COLLECTED BY J. B. MONTEITH."
