The BURG

Below is an excerpt from"Chief Joseph Country, Land of the Nez Perce" by Bill Gulick, 1985.

"Inside the Lewis and Clark State Park, there is a plaque that states:

In early May of 1806, Lewis and Clark passed through here on their return from the Pacific Ocean heading East and they would complete their epoch making journey in St. Louis Sept. 23. While in the region, the hungry men ate cow parsnip and doc for lack of better provisions.

Since they (the Nez Perce Indians) accepted the environment as they found it and did not try to alter it, food gathering was the principal occupation nine months...