Clark: March 8, 1805
On a fair but cold and windy Friday with east winds, Clark received visits from two Native men, Greasy Head and an Arikara, who shared information about Indian groups living near the Rocky Mountains. Clark also recorded a local incident in which a young man from the same nation but a different village had stolen the daughter of a man called the Black Man; the father traveled to the offender's village, retrieved his horse, and brought his daughter back home.
8th of March Friday 1805 a fair morning Cold and windey, wind from the
East, visited by the Greesey head & a Riarca to day, those men gave
Some account of the Indians near the rockey mountains
a young Indian same nation & Differnt Village Stole the Doughter of
the Black man, he went to his Village took his horse & returned &
took away his doughter
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8th of March, Friday 1805. A fair morning, cold and windy, wind from the East. Visited by the Greasy Head and an Arikara today. These men gave some account of the Indians near the Rocky Mountains.
A young Indian of the same nation but a different village stole the daughter of the Black Man. He went to his village, took his horse, and returned and took away his daughter.
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