On this snowy day, Lewis takes a large group to Black Cat‘s village—Ruptáre, and New Year’s celebrations continue. At Fort Mandan, several Knife River villagers bring corn to pay the blacksmiths.
Nightfall in a Mandan Village
12″ x 16″ oil on canvas mounted on board
© 2009 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.
Ruptáre Frolick
Some Snow fell this morning . . . . Lewis & the rest of the party who had not been went up to the 2nd village, we danced and amused our Selves the greater part of the [day] which pleased the natives &c.
—Joseph Whitehouse
Camp [“Squaw”] Axe
© 2011 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Blacksmith Trade
a nomber of Indians and Squaws came to the fort from the first village. Brought us corn to pay our blacksmiths for repairing their Squaw axes Bridles &.C.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 4 below [0] snow N W 8 below fair after snow N. visit the Mandans with a party of the men, who danced for their amusement in the lodge of the Black Cat—
—Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
The Lewis and Clark Trail Experience—our sister site at lewisandclark.travel—connects the world to people and places on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Plan a trip related to January 2, 1805:
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
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