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"No movement of the party today worthy of notice. we have once more a good stock of meat and roots. The child and the Chief are on the recovery. The Chief washed his face himself today which he has been unable to do previously for more than twelve months." Lewis "Capt. L 's met with a singular plant in blume of which we preserved a Specimene*. it grows on the steep fertile hill sides near this place." Clark Specimene* - The first description of ragged robin,
Clarkia pulchella Pursh. May 30, 1806 "Lapage and Charbono set out to the indian vilages early this morning for the purpose of trading with them for roots; Sergt. Gass was sent this morning to obtain some goats hair to stuff the padds of our saddles. he ascended the river on this side and being unable to pass the river opposite to the village he wished to visit, returned in the evening unsuccessfull. Shannon and Collins were permitted to pass the river in order to trade with the natives and lay in store of roots and bread for themselves with their proportion of the merchandize as the others had done; in landing on the opposite shore the canoe was driven broad side with the full forse of a very strong current against some standing trees and instantly filled with water and sunk. Potts who was with them is an indifferent swimer, it was with much difficulty he made the land. they lost three blankets a blanket coat and their pittance of merchandize. in our bear state of clotheing this was a serious loss. I sent Sergt. Pryor and a party over with the indian canoe in order to raise and secure ours but the debth of the water and the strength of the current baffled every effort. I fear that we have also lost our canoe. " Lewis "one man brought me to day some onions from the high plains of a different species from those near the borders of the river. These onions were as large as an nutmeg. I think more sweet and less strong than any I ever tasted." Clark May 31, 1806 "Goodrich and Willard visited the indian Villages this morning and returned in the evening. Willard brought with him the dressed skin of a bear which he had purchased for Catp. C. this skin was an uniform pale redish brown colour, the indians informed us that it was not the Hoh-host or white bear, that is was the Yack-kah*. This evening Joseph and R. Feilds returned with the three deer which they had killed. The Indians brought us another of our original Stock of horses; there are only two absent now of those horses, and these the indians inform us that our shoshone guide** rode back when he returned. we have sixty five horses at this time, most of them in excellent order and fine strong active horses." Lewis Yack-kah* - Hoh-host, is the Nez Perce term for the grizzly bear, while Yack-kah, "brown bear", is the designation for the black bear. shoshone guide** - Old Toby - see August 20, 1805
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