At Fort Mandan below the Knife River Villages, one of the interpreter’s wives leaves after a jealous spat, and two fur traders return to their Hidatsa quarters. Clark offers to care for and protect their horses.
Larocque the Entrepreneur
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
North Dakota Winter
Little Muddy River near Williston, North Dakota. Brent Hanson, U.S. Geological Service.
Jealous Spat
a find Day Messrs. Larock & McKinzey returned home . . . . Jussoms Squar, left him and went to the Village
—William Clark
Company Horses
Captain Clarke upon being Informed that I had to take Care of the horses myself, & that they were in danger of being thieved, desired I would send them down & that he would have them taken Care of with his own.
—François-Antoine Larocque[2]19 January 1805, W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen, Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738–1818 (Norman: University of Oklahoma … Continue reading
Going for Meat
2 men Sent with three horses down the River for meat to the hunting Camps, which is about 30 miles distant from the Fort the way they go on the Ice.—
—Joseph Whitehouse
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 12 [above 0] cloudy N E 6 [below 0] fair N W raise 1 in. Ice now 3 feet thick on the most rapid part of the river—
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
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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 | 19 January 1805, W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen, Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738–1818 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985), 149. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
