ascid

The fruit is exceedingly ascid and resembles the flavor of the wild Crab.

Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

These showers and gusts keep my boat wet in dispite of my exertions. she is not yet ready for the grease and coal. after the hail and rain was over this morning we dispatched 4 hunters and two canoes to the head of the rappids as we had determined last evening. the red and yellow courants are now ripe and abundant, they are reather ascid as yet.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

The fruit is exceedingly ascid and resembles the flavor of the wild

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

Miles. as we had killed nothing during the day we now boiled and eat the remainder of our pork, having yet a little flour and parched meal. at the creek on this side of the mountain I observed a species of deep perple currant lower in its growth, the stem more branched and leaf doubly as large as that of the Missouri. the leaf is covered on it's under disk with a hairy pubersence. the fruit is of the ordinary size and shape of the currant and is supported in the usual manner, but is ascid & very inferior in point of flavor. this morning Capt.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

Chief painted those fingers with Several other articles which was in his bag red and Securely put them back, haveing first mad a Short harrang which I Suppose was bragging of what he had done in war. we purchased 12 Dogs and 4 Sacks of fish, & Some fiew ascid berries, after brackfast we proceeded on, the mountains are high on each Side, containing Scattering pine white oake & under groth, hill Sides Steep and rockey; at 4 miles lower we observed a Small river falling in with great rapidity on the Stard.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

a dryed fruit which resembled the raspburry and which I beeive to be the fruit of the large leafed thorn frequently mentioned. it is reather ascid tho pleasently flavored.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791