At Fort Mandan, Lewis entertains Ruptáre chief Posecopsahe (Black Cat) and his wife. Away from Knife River Villages, Clark has a pen built to keep the wolves and ravens away from the harvest of the hunt.
Chief Black Cat Visits
by Yellowstone Public Radio[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
Black Cat’s Visit
visited by the black-Cat the principal chief of the Roop-tar-he, or upper mandane [Mandan] vilage. this man possesses more integrety, firmness, inteligence and perspicuety of mind than any indian I have met with in this quarter, and I think with a little management he may be made a usefull agent in furthering the views of our government.
—Meriwether Lewis
Gift Exchange
The black Cat presented me with a bow and apologized for not having completed the shield he had promised alledging that the weather had been too could to permit his making it, I gave him som small shot 6 fishing-hooks and 2 yards of ribbon his squaw also presented me with 2 pair of mockersons for which in return I gave a small lookingglass and a couples of nedles.
—Meriwether Lewis
The Circle of Life
Photo by Lori Iverson, National Elk Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Wolves and Ravens
5th Day
at this place I had all the meat Collected which was killed yesterday & had escaped the wolves, Raven & Magpie, (which are verry noumerous about this Place) and put into a close pen made of logs to secure it from the wolves & birds
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of the Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thermt. at 4 oCk. P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oCk. P.M. River 18 [above 0] fair N W 28 [above 0] cloudy N E fall 1 in. visited by the black Cat who dined with me the Black & white & Speckled woodpecker[2]Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus sp. See on this site Holmgren, Glossary of Bird Names. has returned—
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “State of the River at
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 | Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus sp. See on this site Holmgren, Glossary of Bird Names. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “State of the River at rise” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
