At Fort Mandan, the enlisted men continue making charcoal for the blacksmiths and trying to free the boats from the Missouri River ice. At the Knife River Villages, a band of Assiniboine traders arrives.
A Visit from the Assiniboine
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
Noápeh, an Assiniboin Indian (Detail)
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “Noápeh, Assiniboin Indianer. Noápeh, Indien Assiniboin. Noápeh, an Assiniboin Indian; Psíhdjä-Sáhpa, Yanktonan Indianer. Psíhdjä-Sáhpa, Indien Yanktonan. Psíhdjä-Sáhpa, a Yanktonan Indian.”[2]New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 1, 2019. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c438-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
Assiniboine Traders
we are informed of the arrival of a Band of Asniboins [Assiniboines] at the Villages with the Grand Cheif of those Tribes call the (Fee de petite veau) [NBNicholas Biddle Fils de Petit Veau] to trade, one of our interpeter & one man Set out to the Big Belley [Hidatsas] Camp
—William Clark
Making Charcoal
the men generally employed at cutting and Splitting coal wood & Setting up the pit &.C.
John Ordway
Freeing the Boats
All hands were employed in cutting away the ice, which we find a tedious business.
—Patrick Gass
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 26 [below 0] fair N W 4 [below 0] fair after cloudy W ½ it frequently happens that the
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month” and “River Feet” columns and spelled out some abbreviations.
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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
| ↑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 | New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 1, 2019. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c438-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month” and “River Feet” columns and spelled out some abbreviations. |
