In a council, Arikara chiefs promise to keep the Missouri river open to trade with the United States. The expedition boats are then moved to another village near present Rogo Bay in South Dakota. Despite their poverty, the villagers give the expedition gifts of food.
The Arikara Very Friendly
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
Hog Peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Photo from USDA, NRCS. 2013. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 11 September 2013). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
Steel Mill for Food
Indians assembled at our camp Brought us Some corn & Beans dryed Squasshes &.C. we Gave them a Steel Mill which they were verry much pleased with.
—John Ordway
Arikara Council
The Grand Chief rose and spoke as follows i, e’,— My Fathers—! My heart is glader than it ever was before to See my fathers.— a repetition. If you want the road open no one Can provent it it will always be open for you. Can you think any one Dare put their hands on your rope of your boat. No! not one dare
—William Clark
Stolen Axe
in the evening our cooks took the Best axe we had on Shore for to cut Some wood & it was Stole by Some of those Indians.
—John Ordway
Precious Gifts
Those people gave us to eat Corn & Beans, a large well flavoured Been which they rob the Mice of in the Plains and is verry nurishing— all tranquillity—
after being treated by everry civility by those people who are both pore & Durtey we returned to our boat at about 10 oClk. P M.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC P.M. 43 fair N. W. 59 fair N. W. no fogg or dew this morning nor have we seen either for many days (i e) since the 21st of Septr.— received the answer at the 1st Chief, set out
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.
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 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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