At Fort Mandan amongst the Knife River Villages, cages are made for the live birds that will soon be sent to Washington City. In St. Louis, Capt. Amos Stoddard updates President Thomas Jefferson regarding Lewis’s delegation of Iowas and sends him Sioux vocabularies collected by Lewis Crawford.
Preparing to Set Out
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
“The Grouse or Prarie hen”
Tympanuchus phasianellus
© 2003 Brian E. Small / BrianSmallPhoto.com.
Sending for the Canoes
6 men Sent up to take the perogues down to the Fort, but they returned about noon without them as they were not corked nor made ready.
—John Ordway
Making Cages
two men making cages for the Magpyes and the prarie hens which is to be Sent down the River.
—John Ordway
Sioux Vocabularies and Iowa Delegates
St. Louis, 24th. March 1805.
Sir [Thomas Jefferson],
I have the honor to forward you the enclosed Vocabulary of the Scioux language; furnished me by Mr. Crawford at the request of Capt. Lewis.
Such information as I have received of Capt. Lewis, I transmitted to the Secretary of war by the last mail. Permit me to add here, that the Scioux Chiefs from the River Demoine, invited to the seat of Government by him, have just arrived. Their intention was to join those expected from the Missouri—but as the latter will not probably reach this place till about the middle of May, the former have resolved to return home.
I am, Sir, with sentiments of high respect, your very huml. Servant.
Amos Stoddard
Capt & Agt. for Capt. Lewis[2]Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1431. [from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.], also in Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related … Continue reading
Weather Diary
State of Ther. at rise
Weather wind at State of Thermt. at 4 OClock Weather at 4 Ock Wind at 4 OClock State of the River 28 [above 0] cloudy after snow N. E 30 [above 0] cloudy after snow N. rise 1 inch but little Snow.
—Meriwether Lewis[3]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column 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 | 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 | Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1431. [from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.], also in Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed., ed. Donald Jackson (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 221–23. |
| ↑3 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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