wattap etymology?

[Ross Clark (ARTS DALSL)]

That might explain it. CDC's entry actually says:

1761 (1901) Henry (Elder) Travels, 14: The small roots of the
spruce-tree afford the wattap, with which the bark is sewed [for
acanoe]. 

I find a library reference to an Alexander Henry 1739-1824, who is the
author of Travels & adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories
between the years 1760 and 1776. Don't know original publication date,
but there was a new edition in 1901, which accounts for the second date
above. Perhaps OED took the date of the first publication (1809?) as its
point of reference, whereas CDC seems to have based theirs on the date
of the events being narrated (perhaps a journal entry).

Ross Clark

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> There are two famous Alexander Henrys - Alexander Henry the 
> elder, and 
> his relative Alexander Henry the younger. A. Henry the 
> younger drowned 
> in the Columbia River near Ft. George, which had been called 
> Ft. Astoria.
> 
> Maybe the younger Henry quoted the elder?
> 
> Ross Clark (ARTS DALSL) wrote: wattap etymology?
> 
> > OED has a nice explanation of what it is from Alexander Mackenzie
> > (1789), and a second quote from A.Henry, Travels (1809), and that's 
> > all. No indication that it's still known and used. CDC has several 
> > citations, beginning with the same Henry quote, but dated to 1761!! 
> > What's going on there?
> >
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