Below present Williston, North Dakota, hard winds prevent the boats from making more than seven miles up the Missouri. Lewis walks on shore where he observes a partially fallen Assiniboine scaffold grave.
An Indian Grave
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Tombs of Assiniboin Indians on Trees
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library.[2]“Assiniboin Baumgräber. Tombeaux des Assiniboins dans des arbres. Tombs of Assiniboin Indians on trees.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 14, 2019. … Continue reading
Rough Waves
Soon after we Set out a Bank fell in near one of the Canoes which like to have filled her with water, the wind became hard and waves So rought that we proceeded with our little Canoes with much risque, our Situation was Such after Setting out that we were obliged to pass round the 1st Point or lay exposed to the blustering winds & waves, in passing round the Point Several canoes took in water as also our large Perogue but without injuring our Stores
—William Clark
Assiniboine Grave
saw the remains of some Indian hunting camps, near which stood a small scaffold of about 7 feet high on which were deposited two doog slays with their harnis. underneath this scaffold a human body was lying, well rolled in several dressed buffaloe skins and near it a bag of the same materials containg sundry articles belonging to the disceased; consisting of a pare of mockersons, some red and blue earth, beaver‘s nails, instruments for dressing the Buffalo skin, some dryed roots, several platts of the sweet grass, and a small quantity of Mandan tobacco.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Other Sightings
Weather Diary
State of Thermometer at rise
Weather Wind at State of Thermometer at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. State of the River 40 [above 0] cloudy N W 42 [above 0] cloudy after snow N W wind violent.
—William Clark and Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, clarified the “State of the River” information, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | “Assiniboin Baumgräber. Tombeaux des Assiniboins dans des arbres. Tombs of Assiniboin Indians on trees.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 14, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c454-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, clarified the “State of the River” information, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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