Note 126 — {110} CHAPTER VII
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After crossing the Malade, the expedition moved along one of its several western branches until reaching Camas Prairie, in Elmore County.
Camas (quamash) is a bulbous root much used for food by the Indians of the Columbia. Its Shoshoni name is passheco. For further description consult Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, iii, p. 78.—Ed.