Description: "…The seed of a plant given me by the recara chief who accompanyed us to the mandanes. He informed me that a tea of the seed was a strong diaerettic. And that the squaws chewed them and rubed their hair with them as a perfume." [Lewis.] (Thwaites. 1904. Vol. 6, Part 2, p. 149.)

Journal Entry 1804 Nov 17: "Last night was very cold, and the ice in the river to-day is thicker than hitherto. We are totally occupied with our huts, but received visits from several Indians." (Lewis. 1814. Vol. 1, p. 127.)