At Fort Mandan below the Knife River Villages, an unsuccessful attempt is made to cut the Missouri River ice from around the boats. They find two layers of ice nearly four feet thick. Two enlisted men leave a Hidatsa village having traded ten wolf skins and one of fox for about twelve yards of twisted tobacco.
Our Boats, Gripped in Ice
8″ x 16″ oil on board
© 2009 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.
Boats Gripped in Ice
a find warm Day attempted to Cut the Boat & the perogues [pirogues] out of the Ice, found water at about 8 inches under the 1st Ice, the next thickness about 3 feet
—William Clark
Moonlighting Soldiers
2 Americans arrived here & 10 wolves & 1 kitt, which they traded for tobacco, at the Rate of 2 skins a fathom. Gave them a Couple of feet for nothing. They went back Immediately.
—François-Antoine Larocque[1]22 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
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 10 [above 0] fair after hail N W 19 [above 0] cloudy N W raise 1 ¾ in. mist the afternon observation.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]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 | 22 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), 150. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
