Fort Mandan, ND Nine men go out bison hunting with small success. A Hidatsa husband is looking for his wife who has come to the fort seeking refuge.
The New Year with a Bang![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
Hunting Buffalo
Bison
Bison bison
Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, Diane Renkin, photographer.
Some buffalow came near our fort, 9 men went out but killed none of them. one of the men killed a butiful white hair [white-tailed jackrabbit] which is common in this country.
—William Clark
Hidatsa Woman
Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952)
Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis’s “The North American Indian,” 2003. http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/site_curtis. [2]Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.04, The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa ([Seattle, Cambridge: The University Press], 1909), v. 4, facing page 148.
Providing Refuge
Several Indians visit us to day & a Gross Ventre came after his wife, who had been much abused, & come here for Protection.
—William Clark
Charbonneau’s Hidatsa Envoy
Charbonneau arrived at dark, with a man Engaged to the Americans, desired Mr. McK. [ Charles McKenzie] to get ready to go to the Borgnes Camp with Charbonneau, next morning & gave the American 1 knife for his voyage he having none.
—François-Antoine Larocque[3]3 January 1805, W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen, Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738–1818 (Norman: University of Oklahoma … Continue reading
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 14 below [0] cloudy N. 4 below snow S E the Snow was not considerable the ground is now covered 9 inches deep—
—Meriwether Lewis[4]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 | 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 | Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.04, The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa ([Seattle, Cambridge: The University Press], 1909), v. 4, facing page 148. |
| ↑3 | 3 January 1805, W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen, Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738–1818 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985), 146–47. |
| ↑4 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
