 | Patrick Gass - 1847 - 248 halaman
...they informed us that in two days we would come to two ships with white people in them. The Indians other articles which they got from these ships. We...had before seen: they are called whapto; resemble apotatoe when cooked, and are about as big as a hen egg. Game is more plenty here than up the river,... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, Elliott Coues - 1893 - 484 halaman
...disagreeable companions. While we were eating, they stole the pipe with which they were smoking, and the 10 " We got some dogs and roots from the natives. The roots...potatoe when cooked, and are about as big as a hen egg," Gass, p. 160, Nov. 4th ; elsewhere wapto. In the codices usually as in the text, but with some fluctuation.... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1893 - 488 halaman
...disagreeable companions. While we were eating, they stole the pipe with which they were smoking, and the 'o " We got some dogs and roots from the natives. The roots...quality to any I had before seen : they are called tohapto; resemble a potatoe when cooked, and are about as big as a hen egg," Gass, p. 160, Nov. 4th... | |
 | 1917 - 542 halaman
...Washington, Writ. (1889), I, 490. wapto, whapto. Variants of u-appato. "The roots are . . . called ichapto ; resemble a potatoe when cooked, and are about as big as a hen egg." 1807, P. Gass, Jrnl., pp. 160, 170. wood-spell, n. " The wood-tpell was recognized as one of the few... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1916 - 486 halaman
...Skins. passed Several Islands Some of the hunters killed one Swan and Several brants. we had Several 1 "The roots are of a superior quality to any I had...potatoe when cooked, and are about as big as a hen egg." Gass. "The plant, Sagittaria variabilis, is one of the best-known members of the monocotyledonous order... | |
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We got some dogs and roots from the natives. The roots are of a superior quality to any I had before seen : they are called whapto; resemble a potatoe when cooked, and are about as big as a hen egg, 