Below Pierre, SD The boats make twenty more miles. Three Lakota Sioux boys swim out to say they set signal fires to tell their villages that the expedition is coming. The captains ask them to invite their chiefs to council.
Discovered by the Teton Sioux[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
Meeting Three Sioux Boys
Soon after we landed three Soues boys Swam across to us, those boys informed us that a Band of Sieux called the Tetons [Lakotas] of 80 Lodges wer Camped near the mouth of the next River, and 60 Lodges more a Short distance above them, they had that day Set the praries on fire to let those Camps Know of our approach— we gave those boys two twists of Tobacco to carry to their Chiefs & Warriors to Smoke, with derections to tell them that we wished to Speak to them tomorrow, at the mouth of the next river
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC. P.M 50 above fair S E 86 fair S. E. aire remarkably dry-plumbs & grapes fully ripe— in 36 hours two Spoonfuls of water aveporated in a sauser
—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 of the abbreviations.
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| ↑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 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some of the abbreviations. |
