Fort Mandan, ND Three chiefs from the Ruptáre village say that the Sioux will punish the Arikaras if they follow the captain’s peace initiatives. Charbonneau brings a large load of meat and furs, and the captains move into their room.
The Captains’ Quarters
Taken with cooperation from the Fort Mandan Visitors’ Center. Photo © 2013 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Diplomatic Complications
Several Indians Came Down to Eat fresh meat, three Chiefs from the 2d Mandan Village Stay all Day, they are verry Curious in examining our works. Those Chiefs informs us that the . . . . [Sioux are] much displeased with Ricares [The Arikaras] for makeing a peace with the Mandans &. &. through us, &. we gave them a Sattisfactory answer. &c. &c.
—William Clark
Charbonneau Brings Meat and Furs
a frenchman [Toussaint Charbonneau] who is to be our Inter. for Grovantaur [Hidatsas] arived with 4 horses loaded with peltry meat &.C. brought another of his wifes with him. the day warm. the work go on as usal. Captains moved in their Room, &.C. got Stone &.C.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 35 fair N. W. 50 fair W rise 1 ft. ¼ in. little soft ice this morning; that from the board[er] of the river came down in such manner as to endanger the boat.
—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
| ↑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. |
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