Between 1804 and 1806, Meriweather Lewis and George Rogers Clark led an expedition of the American West.
Lewis noticed not just one but several species of sagebrush. He wrote,
“[O]f this last the A[n]telope is very fond; they feed on it, and perfume the hair of their foreheads and necks with it by rubing against it.” Sierra Club notes on Lewis and Clark expedition.
Sage to Meadow 