Fort Mandan, ND Chief Posecopsahe (Black Cat) visits Fort Mandan to see the American “Curiossities.” He is told to no longer accept Indian peace medals or flags from Spain or England.
Indian Peace Medal (French)
American Numismatic Society MANTIS database, http://numismatics.org accessed on 10 February 2017, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
This weathered peace medal features the bust of Louis XV on the obverse with the words LUDOVICUS XV. REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS, Louis 15. Christian King. The reverse is inscribed HONOS ET VIRTUS, honor and virtue, and depicts two allegorical figures joining hands.
Snowy Weather
Snowed hard the Greater part of last night. Snow this morning. the wind from N. E. the River falling. Gealousy between Mr Gisom [Jusseaume] one of our Intr. and George Drewyer last evening &.C.
—John Ordway
Black Cat Visits
the Poss-cop-so-he or Black Cat Grand Chief of the Mandans Came to See us, after Showing Those Chiefs many thing which was Curiossities to them, and Giveing a fiew presents of Curioes Handkerchiefs arm bans & paint with a twist of Tobaco
—William Clark
English and Spanish Peace Medals
we had Some little talk on the Subject of the British Trader Mr. Le rock Giveing Meadils & Flags, and told those Chiefs to impress it on the minds of their nations that those Simbells were not to be recved by any from them, without they wished incur the displieasure of their Great American Father—
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 12 snow S E 15 snow E fall 4 ft. the Indians left us late in the evening on their return
—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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