Sonday 5th Feby Still Sick, The french man Wife &c Came to See us to day Mes. Cane als[o]. Hanley[1] Sent us Some Butter & milk, river riseing & Covered with Small Ice. Cp L send out Shields to get walnut Bark for pills, [2] fowl pass
2. Walnut bark is strongly emetic and was probably used as a mild purgative. Lewis, whose mother was an herb doctor, was fond of such remedies. Ibid., 27 n. 4; Chuinard, 189–90 and n. 18. (back)