At Fort Mandan below the Knife River Villages, the enlisted men take advantage of the warm day to free the icebound white pirogue from the ice that threatens to sink it. The boy with toes amputated by Lewis is taken home on a sled.
Icebound Pirogue
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
Icebound Pirogue
all our party were employ’d in cutting the Ice from round the Boat & Pettyaugers [pirogues]. at one o’Clock we got one of the Pettyaugers out of the Ice on Shore.—
—Joseph Whitehouse
Comings and Goings
. . . vised [visited] by a no of Indians, Jessomme & familey went to the Shoes [Awaxawi Hidatsa] Indians Villag to day
The father of the Boy whose feet were frose near this place, and nearly Cured by us took him home in a Slay—
—William Clark
Longitude from Lunar Distances
Immediately after the Lunar observations observed Equal altitudes of the
with Sextant and artificial Horizon with water.
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
State of the Ther. at Weather Wind at Thermt. at 4 oCk. P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oCk. P.M. River 18 [above 0] fair N W 32 [above 0] fair W raise ½ in. got the poplar perogue out of the ice.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “State of the River at
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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 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “State of the River at rise” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
