At Fort Mandan below the Knife River Villages, cottonwood logs are shaped with axes and adzes so that they can be used to cover cabin roofs. A Mandan-Arikara man—likely The Coal of Mitutanka—and his wife cross the river in a bull boat with a load of buffalo meat.
Geese Continue to Fly South
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
Mandan Bull Boat (c. 1908)
Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952)
The North American Indian, 1907-30, 5:10. Courtesy U. S. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-46966.
Sho-ta-harro-ra (The Coal) Visits
a Chief Half Pania [Arikara] Came & brought a Side of a Buffalow, in return We Gave Some fiew small things to himself & wife & Son, he Crossed the river in the Buffalow Skin Canoo [bull boat] & and, the Squar took the Boat and proceeded on to the Town 3 miles
—William Clark
Hewing and Guttering
we finished raising one line of our huts. commenced hughing [hewing] & Guttering the punchien [puncheon] for the purpose of covering the huts.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. 34 fair N W 36 cloudy N. W many Gees passing to the South— saw a flock of the crested cherry birds passing to the south
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” and “River Feet” 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 | Alan H. Hartley, Lewis & Clark Lexicon of Discovery (Pullman, WA: WSU Press, 2004), 82, 85, 140. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” and “River Feet” columns and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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