Day-by-Day / October 11, 1804

October 11, 1804

Gifts and promises for the Arikara

Rogo Bay Rec. Area, SD In a council, Arikara chiefs promise to keep the river open to trade with the United States. The boats then move to another village up the river. Despite their poverty, the Indians give the expedition food.

The Arikara Very Friendly[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

Steel Mill for Food

Indians assembled at our camp Brought us Some corn & Beans dryed Squasshes &.C. we Gave them a Steel Mill which they were verry much pleased with.
John Ordway

Arikara Speeches

The Grand Chief rose and spoke as follows i, e’,— My Fathers—! My heart is glader than it ever was before to See my fathers.— a repetition. If you want the road open no one Can provent it it will always be open for you. Can you think any one Dare put their hands on your rope of your boat. No! not one dare
William Clark

Stolen Axe

in the evening our cooks took the Best axe we had on Shore for to cut Some wood & it was Stole by Some of those Indians.
—John Ordway

Precious Gifts

Those people gave us to eat Corn & Beans, a large well flavoured Been which they rob the Mice of in the Plains and is verry nurishing— all tranquillity—

after being treated by everry civility by those people who are both pore & Durtey we returned to our boat at about 10 oClk. P M.
—William Clark

 

Weather Diary

Thermot. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at sun symbol rise thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC P.M.
43 fair N. W. 59 fair N. W.

no fogg or dew this morning nor have we seen either for many days (i e) since the 21st of Septr.— received the answer at the 1st Chief, set out
Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.

Notes

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.
2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.

Discover More

  • 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.