Chien Indians

Tribe · mentioned in 10 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
3 mentions via 1 variant: Indians (3)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Lewis: September 17, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Sep 17, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"mentioned re: white turkey of black hills"
Clark: October 12, 1804
William Clark · Oct 12, 1804 · Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge
"Dog Indians, some seen by Clark" — transcribed as Chien
Clark: October 16, 1804
William Clark · Oct 16, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"alternate name for Cheyenne Indians" — transcribed as Chien
Clark: October 30, 1804
William Clark · Oct 30, 1804 · Building Fort Mandan
"identified as one of the chiefs" — transcribed as Chien
Clark: December 1, 1804
William Clark · Dec 1, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"7 came to village with pipe" — transcribed as Chiens
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 2, 1804
Patrick Gass · Dec 2, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"party visited the fort, civil and good natured"
Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day — John Ordway: August 21, 1806
John Ordway · Aug 21, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"Cheyenne trading at Rickaree village" — transcribed as Chiens
Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day — Patrick Gass: August 21, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 21, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"Dog nation encamped to trade corn" — transcribed as Chien
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"listed in index"
Patrick Gass: December 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Dec 20, 1806 · Missouri River, central South Dakota – downstream
"Dog nation encamped trading with Rickarees" — transcribed as Chien

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