Clark: December 22, 1804
On a Saturday at Fort Mandan, a group of Mandan women, along with men dressed in women's clothing, came to trade corn with the expedition's men in exchange for small items. The captains acquired two horns from the animal the French call the Rocky Mountain sheep, known to the Mandans as Ar-Sar-ta. Clark noted that this sheep is roughly the size of a large deer or small elk, with horns that curl around the head like a ram's but are much larger and thicker.
22nd December Satturday 1804 a number of Squars womn & men Dressed in
Squars Clothes Came with Corn to Sell to the men for little things, we
precured two horns of the animale the french Call the rock mountain Sheep
those horns are not of the largest kindThe mandans Indians Call
this Sheep Ar-Sar-ta it is about the Size of a large Deer, or Small Elk,
its Horns Come out and wind around the head like the horn of a Ram and the
teckere not unlike it much larger and thicker perticelarly that part with
which they but or outer part which is ____ inchs thick, the length of
those horns, which we have is
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22nd December Saturday 1804. A number of squaws (women) and men dressed in squaws' clothes came with corn to sell to the men for little things. We procured two horns of the animal the French call the Rocky Mountain sheep. Those horns are not of the largest kind. The Mandan Indians call this sheep Ar-Sar-ta. It is about the size of a large deer or small elk. Its horns come out and wind around the head like the horn of a ram, and the texture is not unlike it, much larger and thicker, particularly that part with which they butt, or the outer part, which is ____ inches thick. The length of those horns, which we have, is
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