
          more, a cranberry, having both the appearance
and acrid taste of the latter. Indeed, it is some
times used as a substitute for cranberries in the
making of pies & tarts, & in many parts it is
called the "bush cranberry." The name,
however, by which it is known among the 
Indians of Red River is "nepeminan" from "nepen"
summer, & "ninan", berry. this has been corrupted
by the fur-traders & voyageurs into
"Pembina;" hence the name of a river which
runs into the Red, & also the name of the
celebrated but unsuccessful settlement of Pembina
formed by Lord Selkirk many years ago. Both
took their names from this berry, that grows
in abundance in the neighborhood. The botanical
appellation of this curious shrub is Viburnum oxycoccos;
but there is another species of viburnum, which is
also styled "oxycoccos" pp 31, 32.

        