wocus

She fried the venison and baked the wocus bread, and with more than usual spirit and gaiety set the dishes at Ben's place at the table.

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

Sometimes she found wocus in the marsh -- the plant formerly in such demand by the Indians -- and by patient experiment she learned how to prepare it for the table.

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

"Caribou tenderloin -- almost the last of him -- wocus bread and strawberries," she assured him.

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

What little wocus she was able to find she made into bread for Ben; yet it was never enough to satisfy his body's craving.

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

Finally Jack came to my camp one day and said: "I don't know what I do, no meat, no flour, wocus nearly all gone."

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains Drannan, William F 1899

I mounted my horse, and riding over with Captain Jack, my investigation proved to a certainty that he had been telling me the truth all this time, for they were almost destitute of anything to eat, there being nothing in the entire village in the line of provisions but a little wocus, or wild rice.

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains Drannan, William F 1899

Finally Jack came to my camp one day and said: "I don't know what I do, no meat, no flour, wocus nearly all gone."

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains William F. Drannan 1872

I mounted my horse, and riding over with Captain Jack, my investigation proved to a certainty that he had been telling me the truth all this time, for they were almost destitute of anything to eat, there being nothing in the entire village in the line of provisions but a little wocus, or wild rice.

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains William F. Drannan 1872

a great-antlered moose -- an easy trophy if the rifle had been unbroken -- saw her searching for wocus like a lost thing in the tenacious mud of the marshes; and almost nightly a silent wolf, pausing in his hunting, gazed uneasily through the cavern maw.

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

In the spring and early summer, the wocus plants, also known as pond lilies, have bright yellow flowers on them.

Klamath Tribes push to restore wetlands and wocus in Southern Oregon Cassandra Profita 2025