At camp across from the Knife River, a council is postponed due to high winds. Nearby Hidatsas and Mandans visit none-the-less bringing gifts of corn and curiosity about York. Posecopsahe (Black Cat), Clark, and Lewis look for a place to build winter quarters.
Prairie Wind Cancels Council
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
Arriving at a Mandan Village
Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.
Curiosity
the wind being So violently hard from the S. W. provented our going into Councel, (indeed the Chiefs of the Manodans [Mandans] from the lower Village Could not Cross, we made up the presents and entertained Several of the Curious Cheifs whome, wished to See the Boat which was verry Curious to them viewing it as great medison, as they also viewed my black Servent [York]
—William Clark
Corn
we had Several presents from the Woman of Corn boild homney, Soft Corn &c. &c. I prosent a jar to the Chiefs wife who recved it with much pleasure
—William Clark
Winter Quarters
The Black Cat Grand Chief of the Mandans, Capt Lewis & my Self with an Interpeter [René Jusseaume] walked up the river about 1½ miles our views were to examine the Situation & Timbers for a fort
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC P.M. 34 fair S W 54 fair S W wind so heard that we could not go into council
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.
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 “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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