Fort Mandan, ND Sheheke (Big White) and Little Crow visit Fort Mandan and tell Clark that the Hidatsas are forming war parties. Patrick Gass comes to the fort seeking helpers to move the new dugouts from canoe camp to the river.
Tag: Little Raven
January 4, 1805
Fort Mandan, ND The weather warms enough to encourage hunters to go out. They kill a buffalo calf. Little Raven visits the fort, and he is given gifts.
January 1, 1805
Fort Mandan, ND New Year’s day is celebrated with cannon fire and several men are allowed to visit a nearby Mandan village to celebrate and dance. Clark orders York to dance. The day is warm with rain but the night is cold and snowy.
December 23, 1804
Fort Mandan, ND Many Indians bring squash, corn, and beans. The wife of Little Raven cooks a Mandan treat for the captains while the enlisted men manage ‘large crowds’ in their quarters.
November 3, 1804
Fort Mandan, ND The fort’s foundation is completed, the engagés are discharged, and Jean-Baptiste Lepage and René Jusseaume are hired. A dram of whiskey revives the men during the cold night.
Discover More
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.
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