At Fort Mandan, they lack fresh meat, so Drouillard is sent to find out what is delaying the hunters. Few Knife River villagers visit having participated the previous night in a “Serimoney of adoption” with the Assiniboines and Crees. Two French trappers return with a large catch of beavers.
Missouri River near Mandan, North Dakota
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Searching for Hunters
a Snowey morning. one man Sent down the River in order to meet the pearogue [pirogue] & h. See what was the cause of their delaying So long.
—John Ordway
A Quiet Day
only two [Mandan] Indians visit us to day Owing to a Dance at the Village last night in Concluding a Serimoney of adoption, and interchange of property, between the Ossiniboins [Assiniboines], [Cree] and the nations of this neighbourhood—
—William Clark
Trapping Beaver
this evening 2 french men who were traping below Came up—with 20 beaver we are compelled to use our Pork which we doe Spearingly for fear of Some falur in precureing a Sufficiency from the Woods.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 24 snow S E 32 cloudy after snow S E rise 1 ft —Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Fort Mandan is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The North Dakota Department of Parks and Recreation manages a modern reconstruction and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center located at US Hwy 83 and ND Hwy 200A.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. A unit of the National Park System, the site is located at 564 County Road 37, one-half mile north of Stanton, North Dakota. It has exhibits, trails, and a visitor center.
Notes
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
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