Fort Mandan, ND Sheheke (Big White) and Little Crow visit Fort Mandan and tell Clark that the Hidatsas are forming war parties. Patrick Gass comes to the fort seeking helpers to move the new dugouts from canoe camp to the river.
Plains Village Indian
Taken in cooperation with the Fort Mandan Visitors Center. Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Hidatsa War Parties
Visited to Day by the big white & Little Crow, also a man & his wife with a Sick Child, I administer for the child I am told that two parties are gorn to war from the Big bellies [Hidatsas] and one other party going to war Shortly.
—William Clark
The New Canoes Are Ready
about 10 oClock Sergt. Gass came down to the Fort and informed us that the perogues were finished, and more men wanting to draw them to the River which is about one mile & a half.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
State of Ther. at rise
Weather wind at State of Thermt. at 4 OClock Weather at 4 Ock Wind at 4 OClock State of the River 20 [above 0] cloudy after snow N. 31 [above 0] fair N W rise 1 inch But little snow not enough to cover the ground
—Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column 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.
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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.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.
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