 | Montana Agricultural Experiment Station - 1902 - 932 pagina’s
...preserved in a dry place in their 3iuts. When wanted for food, they are mashed between two stones, •mixed with some water and baked in cakes over the coals. It is .a wholesome and nourishing food." — Pursh, 476. These tuber-like, starchy roots are yet dug, peeled,... | |
 | United States. Forest Service - 1937 - 858 pagina’s
...preserved in a dry place in their huts. When wanted for use, they are mashed between two stones, mixed with some water, and baked in cakes over the coals. It is a wholesome and nourishing food, * * *. This root has been frequently found by travelers in Hie canoes... | |
 | A. Scott Earle, James L. Reveal - 2003 - 268 pagina’s
...in a dry place in tlieir huts. When wanted for use, they are mashed hetiveen t\vo stones, mixed imth some water, and baked in cakes over the coals. It is a wholesome and nourishing food, and, according to J\4r. Leicis's observation, agreeable to most constitutions;... | |
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... winter. They collect them in large quantities, and if for present use, they roast them in the ashes, •when they give a food similar to yams : if intended for winter use, they are carefully dried, and preserved in a dry place in their huts. When... 