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Show river in Uinta Canyon as well ( 4.1; 4.2). The Dodd, Uintah and Uintah No. 1 canals are also possible locations for these berries ( 1.2). In the west, along the Lake Fork river, just before the turn off to Rock Creek is an area still used by the Utes to collect currants ( 1.3), and also along the Yellowstone both in the canyon proper and beyond its confluence with the Lake Fork ( 4.3). Ute Food Uses: Chamberlin ( 1909a: 36), Fowler ( 1986: 78), Callaway et al. ( 1986: 338) and Pettit ( 1990: 27) indicated that the Utes used the Ribes aurem or golden currant berry as a food. Others have listed the currant berry in general as eaten by the Utes ( Lowie 1924: 202; Garner and Hawley 1950: 325; Smith 1974a: 270; Janetski 1983: 65- 6). Northern Ute consultants indicated that currants are still gathered and used as food ( 1.1; 1.2; 2.1; 3.1.; 4.1). They are prepared as jams and as sauces ( 1.1; 2.1). Ute Medicinal Uses: One consultant ( 2.1) also reported that the gooseberry variety of currant had medicinal value but was not specific about its particular uses. Uses by Neighboring Great Basin Populations: The Nevada Paiute use the inner bark of the golden currant bush as a powder for sores or drunk as a tea for leg swellings ( Train et al. 1974: 129). The Gosiute ate the berries of the golden currant and several other varieties ( Chamberlin 1911: 379). A. l., 5 Elderberry ( Sambucus sp., Caprifoliaceae): One name for the elderberry is " poo noV qwoop" ( Wardle 1969: 20). Reported Locations: Two varieties are found in the Uinta Basin, blueberry elderberry ( caerulea) and red elderberry ( racemosa). The blueberry elderberry is widespread in sagebrush, pinion- juniper, mountain brush and ponderosa pine communities from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. The red elderberry is often found in aspen openings from 8000 to 10,500 feet ( Goodrich and Neese 1986: 104). ECOTONE ( 1995: A- l, A- 4, A- 8) lists the red elderberry in conifer cover areas and deciduous conifer cover areas, and the blueberry elderberry in aspen areas on the Uintah- Ouray Reservation. As already described in the section about blueberries, the descriptions of blue and black berries are not distinct enough to distinguish between which are blueberries and which elderberries. Two Ute consultants specifically mentioned elderberries as located near mountain lakes above Uinta and Whiterocks canyons ( 2.1; 3.1), and one noted them in areas near Lake Chepeta ( 4.4). Ute Food Uses: It has been reported as a food in the ethnographic literature ( Callaway et al. 1986: 338; Pettit 1990: 27) and by Ute consultants ( 2.1; 3.1). Other Uses by the Utes: Smith ( 1974a: 119) reports that one of the woods used for making pipe stems looked like elderberry wood. 38 |
