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underwood}

Cypress, Birch, Poplar and Liard[.] The under wood is the Elder, Willow, red wood & Swamp Tea[,] none of which bears fruit but the red wood.

Plants

The Plants known to me are, The Plantine[,] wild mint, mountain Tea which bears fruit, wild Sives – Liquorice Root, Sasaparilla & Queue de Rat – besides many others, the names & use which I am unacquainted with[.]

Fruits

The Fruits of this Solitary region are the Poire, Gooseberry, Rasberry, Strawberry, moose deer Berry, Rose Buttons, Red & Black Currans, Thimble Berry, Hutle Berry, Cranberry, Crow Berry, Pithagomina or Queue Depouillée, Juniper Berry[,] Bear Berry, Choak Cherry, and another Berry the Name of which I do not know, except in the Indian Language which they call ouh-Ka-chu-a[.]

Season of their growth}

They Bud about in Latter end of May – Flower about the 15^th of June and ripen near the 20^th of August – when they are deemed delicious to the Taste and wholesome to the Body[.]

Barks,

There are no others But the Pine & Birch Barks[.] The former we make use of to Cover our pluts and the Latter we employ to make vessels for the conveyance of our Lives & Property to whatever Part of the Country we wish to go to[.]

Gums,

Gums are the Balsom, Pine and Cypress[.] The Pine Gum answers the purpose of Pitch & Tar for Guming our Canoes[.] The others I know no use for[.]

Dyes,

The dyes made use of by the Inhabitants to Stain Porcupine Quils and Feathers, which are the only things they Stain, are the root of a Plant, which the Canadians call Savoyan, its Colour is an Orange Cast, this Root Boiled with Cranberry, dies a Beautiful light

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