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(204) Ref: Brittanica Encyclopedia: Thornton is probably referring to Donald Stewart (1753-1828), a Scottishphilosopher, born in Edinburgh. He studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1765 to 1769. In 1792 he publishedElements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind and in 1793 Outlines of Moral Philosophy.(205) Ref: Oregon Teachers’ Monthly, Volume 14: “Mr. John Jones, brought two large fat cattle, for the relief of thealmost starving emigrants, after driving them several hundred miles through the wilderness, at a price that did notexceed that which he had paid for them in the settlements. Honest Jack Jones had too much integrity to seek topromote his own pecuniary interests at the sacrifice of principle. Mr. Jones, knowing that the emigrants would be ingreat danger of perishing for want of food, had gone forward into the settlements for beef cattle, with which to meetthem. He had left some with the forward company and had now brought two to us.”(206) It would appear that Labin [Laban] Morin was a relative, (possibly brother) of Judge Josiah Morin. His nameonly appears in Thornton’s journal after John Jones and the sons of Elam Brown and Isaac Allen make theirappearance. There was a Laban Shipp Morin who immigrated to Oregon in 1844 and settled in Yamhill Co.Ref: Joel D. Chrisman & Mary Sproul & Lavina A. Mc Brtide: Joel D. Chrisman born Nov. 7, 1795, Lee Co., VA,died Aug. 16, 1875; in 1817 married Mary "Polly" Sproul born Feb. 17, 1798 in Ireland, died Mar 1852, Dayton,Yamhill Co., O.T. Children: Daughter A., Gabriel, Elizabeth Jane, Chelnessa, Eleanor Chrisman.On April 12th, 1849, in Yamhill, O.T., Laban Morin (1818-1855), married Eleanor Chrisman, b. ca. 1827, VA.(207) Ref: Wikipedia Dictionary: “The name Quamash is [synomous with cammas-roots] fromNez Perce qém’es, a term for the plant's bulb, which was gathered and used as a food source by tribes in the PacificNorthwest. The bulbs were harvested and pit-roasted or boiled by women of the Nez Perce, Cree, and Blackfoottribes. It also provided a valuable food source for the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806).”Ref: Edible Camas Root on the Lewis and Clark Trail – Camassia/Quamash: “During their 1804–1806 expeditionfrom the U.S. Midwest to the Pacific Ocean Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, with their 45-man Corps ofDiscovery, described hundreds of native plants, many previously unknown to science. Among them were severalplants that were vital Native American food sources. One of the most important of these edible plants in the areafrom western Idaho to the Pacific was the Camas (Camassia quamash), a member of the lily amily.”(208) Ref: Encyclopedia Encyclopedia: is a rock having a soft soapy feeling similar to soapstone.(209) See note (202).(210) Ref: [PDF] Chapter Twelve – Terrible Canyon: “On November 4, Thornton described coming upon twowagon-less emigrants, who must have been our James and Elizabeth Smith ancestors, with their new baby Eliza,who had been born just before they had departed from Missouri.”Ref: Pioneer Preacher Profile – John Burris Smith: “In the appendix of the Applegate Trail in Oregon in 1846 byBert Webber, researcher Anne Billeter records the presence of John B. Smith and his family on journey (Page 157).She also notes that he was the