Its Cree name is _passee-awey-meenan_, and it is known to occur as far north as Great Slave Lake.
[10] Thuya occidentalis.
[11] Prunus Virginiana.
[12] Prunus Pensylvanica.
The most esteemed fruit of the country, however, is the produce of the _aronia ovalis_.

Under the name of _meesasscootoomeena_ it is a favourite dish at most of the Indian feasts, and mixed with pemmican, it renders that greasy food actually palatable.

A great variety of currants and gooseberries are also mentioned by the natives, under the name of _sappoom-meena_, but we only found three species in the neighbourhood of Cumberland House.

The strawberry, called by the Crees _otei-meena_, or heart-berry, is found in abundance, and rasps are common on the sandy banks of the rivers.

The fruits hitherto mentioned fall in the autumn, but the following berries remained hanging on the bushes in the spring, and are considered as much mellowed by exposure to the colds in winter.
The red whortleberry (_vaccinium vitis idea_) is found every where, but is most abundant in rocky places.