Fort Mandan, ND Lewis takes a large group to Black Cat‘s village, Ruptáre, and New Year’s celebrations continue. At the fort, several Indians bring corn to pay the blacksmiths.
Nightfall in a Mandan Village
12″ x 16″ oil on canvas mounted on board
© 2009 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.
Ruptáre Frolick
Some Snow fell this morning . . . . Lewis & the rest of the party who had not been went up to the 2nd village, we danced and amused our Selves the greater part of the [day] which pleased the natives &c.
—Joseph Whitehouse
Camp [“Squaw”] Axe
© 2011 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Blacksmith Trade
a nomber of Indians and Squaws came to the fort from the first village. Brought us corn to pay our blacksmiths for repairing their Squaw axes Bridles &.C.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 4 below [0] snow N W 8 below fair after snow N. visit the Mandans with a party of the men, who danced for their amusement in the lodge of the Black Cat—
—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.
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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