Note 100 — Chapter VIII
Reading edition
The bulb of a pretty blue lily (Gamassia esculenta), well known all over North-West America as the "gamass" or "kamass." The digging and storing of it in summer form one of the most picturesque of Indian occupations. The gamass camps are always lively, and the skill and industry which a girl displays in this important part of her future duties are carefully noted by the young men in search of wives.