For "quamash" read "camass," an edible root much prized by the Nez Percés then and now.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference

The Natives along the River now are generally employed curing salmon and collecting camass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of John Work, June 21 - Sept. 6, 1825] Reference

The Nezperces camp is a little farther off at the camass plains and that they have a few beaver, they report that the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of John Work: July 5- September 15,1826] Reference

Those of Oregon and the Columbia region gathered large stores of camass and other roots, in addition to other species of berries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference

From the high altitudes and the scant diet of horseflesh to the lower levels of the valley and a plentiful diet of fish and camass-root was too great a change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark] Reference