pasheco

It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state or boiled into a kind of soup or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup, or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.

First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 1805

All round the village the women are busily employed in gathering and dressing the pasheco root, of which large quantities are heaped up in piles over the plain.

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. William Clark 1804

"All around the village the women are busily employed in gathering and dressing the pasheco-root, of which large quantities are heaped in piles over the plain.

First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 1805