Oh my word! I am so ill I can barley move. It must of been that Camas root we ate yesterday, it was so delicious and I was so hungry I couldn't stop eating it! the pain in my stomach is so bad I had to contemplate getting a glass of water for nearly 2o minutes. I decided not to the pain was to bad. thank god the captain let us stay in today I would not have been able to budge and I don't think my comrades would be able to either. Today was also a very hard day not because I was in so much pain but because I had nothing to do, I was used to having something to do every minute of every day, I began to let my mind wander to all of the possible things that could go wrong with the mission. To take my mind off of my anxiety I decided t educate my self about Camas root. this is what I came up with:
The bulbs must have flowered before they are harvested
To harvest, a piece of turf must be lifted out systematically and then replaced after only the larger bulbs were removed
The bulbs were dug with a sharp pointed stick
Harvesting took anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months for all of the bulbs to be harvested
After harvesting some of the bulbs were broken into pieces and replanted
Harvesting only happened every few years
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