The morning is spent parleying and trading with the Arikara. Clark notices some Cheyenne prisoners there, and Lewis adds Native tobacco to his plant collection. At 1 pm, with the sounding horn and fiddle playing, the expedition heads up the Missouri River and encamps near present Shaw Creek Recreation Area in South Dakota.
Gifts from the Indians
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
Pachtüwa-Chtä. An Arrikkara Warrior
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library.[2]“Pachtüwa-Chtä, Arrikkara Krieger. Pachtüwa-Chtä, Geurrier Arrikkara. Pachtüwa-Chtä, Arrikkara Warrior.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed 9 March 2019. … Continue reading
Trading with the Arikara
We proceeded to the 3rd Chiefs Village which is the largest, after the usial Seremoney of Eating Smokg. &. he Spoke to near the Same amount of the last Chief, & more pleasently, he gave us 10 bushels of Corn, Some Beens & Simmins, after he had Spoken, and [I] gave Some Sketches of the Power & Magnitude of Our Countrey,
—William Clark
The Arikara
The Ricaras [Arikaras] Are about 500 men Mr. Taboe [Pierre-Antoine Tabeau] say 600 able to bear arms, and the remains of ten different tribes of Panias reduced by the Small Pox & wares [wars] with the Sioux . . . . Dress of the men of this nation is Simply a pr. mockerson, Leagins, flap in front & a Buffalow roabe, with ther arms & ears Deckorated
—William Clark
Fiddle and Sounding Horn
about 1 oClock we Set off the fiddle playing & the horns Sounding &.C.
—John Ordway
Additional Exchanges
The Rickores we put off dureing the time we were at the Towns but 2 Handsom young Squars were Sent by a man to follow us, they Came up this evening and peresisted in their Civilities.
—John Ordway
A Few Cheyenne
I Saw Some of the [Cheyenne] Indians, also a man of a nation under the Court new— This nation is at war with the Crow Indians & have 3 Children prisoners.
—William Clark
Indian Tobacco
Nicotiana quadrivalvis
© 2018 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Indian Tobacco
No. 45. Specimen of the Ricara’s tobacco
12th of October at the Ricare’s town. This is the tobacco which they cultivate—
—Meriwether Lewis[3]Nicotiana quadrivalvis, Moulton, ed. Herbarium, specimen 114.
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC P.M. 42 fair S 65 fair S. E. receved the present of corn from the 3rd Cheif and the answers from both the 2d & 3rd. recieved the corn from 2d last evening obtained 20 bushe[l]s. set out at 2 in the evening.
—Meriwether Lewis[4]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 | “Pachtüwa-Chtä, Arrikkara Krieger. Pachtüwa-Chtä, Geurrier Arrikkara. Pachtüwa-Chtä, Arrikkara Warrior.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed 9 March 2019. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c40f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. |
| ↑3 | Nicotiana quadrivalvis, Moulton, ed. Herbarium, specimen 114. |
| ↑4 | 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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