[Clark, November 19, 1804]
19th of November 1804 our hunters return with 32 Deerr, 12
Elk & a Buffalow Ice ran which detained the huntes much Cap
lewis visit the Me ne tar rees, the 25th and returned the
27th of Nov. with 2 Chiefs &c. &c. and told me that 2 Clerks
& 5 men of the N W Company & Several of the hudsons Bay
Company had arrived with goods to trade with the Indians a
Mr. La Roche & Mc Kinzey are the Celerks (Distant 150 Miles
across)
[Clark, November 19, 1804]
19th Novr. Monday a Cold day the ice Continue to run our
Perogue of Hunters arrive with 32 Deer, 12 Elk & a Buffalow,
all of this meat we had hung up in a Smoke house, a timeley
supply- Several Indians here all day- the wind bley hard
from the N. W. by W. our men move into their huts, Several
little Indian aneckdts. told me to day
[Clark, November 20, 1804]
20th November Tuesday 1804 Capt Lewis & my Self move into
our huts, a verry hard wind from the W. all the after part
of the day a temperate day Several Indians Came Down to Eat
fresh meat, three Chiefs from the 2d Mandan Village Stay all
Day, they are verry Curious in examining our works. Those
Chiefs informs us that the Souix settled on the Missourie
above Dog River, threten to attacked them this winter, and
have treated 2 Ricares who Carried the pipe of peace to them
Verry roughly. whiped & took their horses from them &c. &c.
& is much displeased with Ricares for makeing a peace with
the Mandans &. &. through us, &. we gave them a
Sattisfactory answer. &c. &c.
[Clark, November 21, 1804]
21st Novr. Wednesday a fine Day dispatched a perogu and
Collected Stone for our Chimnys, Some wind from the S. W.
arrange our different articles- maney Indians visit us to
day, G D hurd his hand verry bad-all the party in high
Spirits- The river Clear of ice, & riseing a little
[Clark, November 22, 1804]
22nd of November Thursday 1804 a fine morning Dispatched a
perogue and 5 Men under the Derection of Sergeant Pryor to
the 2nd Village for 100 bushels of Corn in ears which Mr.
Jessomme, let us have did not get more than 80 bushels- I
was allarmed about 10 oClock by the Sentinal, who informed
that an Indian was about to Kill his wife in the interpeters
fire about 60 yards below the works, I went down and Spoke
to the fellow about the rash act which he was like to commit
and forbid any act of the kind near the fort-Some
missunderstanding took place between this man & his wife
about 8 days ago, and She came to this place, & Continued
with the Squars of the interpeters, 2 days ago She returned
to the Villg. in the evening of the Same day She came to the
interpeters fire appearently much beat, & Stabed in 3
places- We Detected that no man of this party have any
intercourse with this woman under the penelty of Punishment-
he the Husband observed that one of our Serjeants Slept with
his wife & if he wanted her he would give her to him, We
derected the Serjeant Odway to give the man Some articles,
at which time I told the Indian that I believed not one man
of the party had touched his wife except the one he had
given the use of her for a nite, in his own bed, no man of
the party Should touch his Squar, or the wife of any Indian,
nor did I believe they touch a woman if they knew her to be
the wife of another man, and advised him to take his Squar
home and live hapily together in future,- at this time the
Grand Chief of the nation arrived, & lecturd him, and they
both went off apparently dis
The grand Chief continued all day a warm Day fair afternoon-
many Indian anickdotes one Chief & his familey Stay all
night.
[Clark, November 23, 1804]
23rd , a fair warm Day, wind from the S. E. Send after Stone
Several men with bad Colds, one man Sheilds with the
Rhumitism the river on a Stand haveing rose 4 Inches in all
[Clark, November 24, 1804]
24th of November Satturday 1804 a warm Day Several men with
bad Coalds we continue to Cover our Huts with hewed punchens,
finishd. a Cord to draw our boat out on the bank, this is
made 9 Straps of Elk Skin,- the wind from the S. E.
[Clark, November 25, 1804]
25th of Novr. Sunday 1804 a fine day warm & pleasent Capt.
Lewis 2 Interpeters & 6 men Set out to See the Indians in
the different Towns & Camps in this neighbour hood, we
Continu to Cover & dob our huts, two Chiefs Came to See me
to day one named Wau-ke-res-sa-ra, a Big belley and the
first of that nation who has visited us Since we have been
here, I gave him a Handkerchef Paint & a Saw band, and the
other Some fiew articles, and paid a perticular attention
which pleased them verry much, the interpeters being all
with Capt. Lewis I could not talk to them. we Compleated our
huts- Several men with bad Colds, river fall 11/2 inch
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