wish-a-capucca

Updated: June 28, 2025

There were no trees and no vegetation except moss and the plant called by the Indians wish-a-capucca the 'Labrador tea' that is found everywhere in the swamps of the northern forests. Animal life was, however, abundant. The caribou roaming the barren grounds in the summer, to graze on the moss, were numerous.

Stephen Leacock - Adventurers of the Far North: A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas