Warm weather melts the snow on the Fort Mandan roofs as the captains attempt to smooth over Hidatsa and Mandan jealousy. Lewis demonstrates the air gun and cannon, and the captains attempt to broker peace between Seeing Snake and the Shoshones.
Trading for Corn
cloudy & warm. Several of the Savages came to the Fort their Squaws loaded with corn for to pay us for Blacksmiths work &.C. three men returned from hunting with the horses, but brought no meat.
—John Ordway
Hidatsa and Mandan Jealousies
about thirty Mandans Came to the fort to day, 6 Chiefs. Those Me ne ta rees [Hidatsas] told them they were liars, had told them if they came to the fort the whites men would kill them, they had been with them all night, Smoked in the pipe and have been treated well and the whites had danced for them, observing the Mandans were bad and ought to hide themselves—
—William Clark
Seeing Snake’s Animosity
This war Chief gave us a Chart in his way of the Missourie, he informed us of his intentions of going to war in the Spring against the Snake Indians we advised him to look back at the number of nations who had been distroyed by war
—William Clark
Indian Demonstrations
we Shot the Air gun, and gave two Shots with the Cannon which pleased them verry much
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 36 [above 0] clear W 16 [above 0] fair S W raise 2½ in. —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.
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Plan a trip related to January 16, 1805:
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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