Fort Mandan, ND The men awake to four inches of fresh snow and go about their ‘common’ day. Sleds are made and traded for Indian beans and corn.
A ‘Common’ Day
a Cold Day Snow fell 4 Inches deep, the occurrences of this day is as is common—
—William Clark
Dog-sleds of the Mandan Indians (1840–43)
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “Hundeschlitten der Mandan Indianer. Traineaux à chiens des IndienssMandans. Dog-sleds of the Mandan Indians.”[1]New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 31, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c411-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
Making Sleds
2 men employed makeing hand Sleds for the Savages for which they Gave us corn & beans.—
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 2 [below 0] snow E 2 [below 0] cloudy after snow N fall 2 ½ in. the snow feel about 4 inches deep last night and continues to snow
—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.
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 | New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 31, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c411-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. |
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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. |
