Fort Mandan, ND Visiting Indians tell the captains how the Mandan and Awaxawi Hidatsas were decimated by wars and smallpox, the reasons they banded together into five villages.
Eehk-tohk-pah-she-pee-shaw (the Black Moccasin)
George Catlin (1796–1872)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “Minatarree. 79.[1]New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 2, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-da55-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
The artist wrote of Black Moccasin:
“Eehk-tohk-pah-she-pee-shaw (the Black Mocasin), Head Chief of the tribe, said to be 105 years old when his portrait was painted . . . . This man has many distinct recollections of Lewis and Clark, who were the first explorers of this country, and who crossed the Rocky Mountains thirty years ago.” Black Moccasin’s long-stemmed calumet pipe was “mutually smoked by the chiefs, after the terms of the treaty are agreed upon.”[2]George Catlin, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (London, 1841), vol. 1, nos. 23, 29.
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Awaxawi Migration
this Little tribe or band of Menitaraies [Hidatsas] Call themselves Ah-nah-hâ-way or people whose village is on the hill. nation formerleyed lived about 30 miles below this but beeing oppressed by the Asinniboins [Assiniboines] & Sous were Compelled to move . . . . those remaining built a village verry near to the Minitarries at the mouth of Knife R where they now live and Can raise about 50 men, they are intermixed with the Mandans & Minatariers—
—William Clark
Mandan Migration
the Mandans formerly lived in 6 [Nicholas Biddle: nine] large villages at and above the mouth of Chischeter or Heart River five [NB: six] Villages on the West Side & two [NB: three] on the East one of those Villages on the East Side of the Missouri & the larges was intirely Cut off by the Sioux & the greater part of the others and the Small Pox reduced the others.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of Ther. at rise
Weather wind at State of Thermt. at 4 OClock Weather at 4 Ock Wind at 4 OClock State of the River 2 [below 0] fair N W 12 [above 0] fair N W rise 3½ in.
—Meriwether Lewis[4]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column 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 | New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 2, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-da55-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. |
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| ↑2 | George Catlin, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (London, 1841), vol. 1, nos. 23, 29. |
| ↑3 | 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. |
| ↑4 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
