Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 16, 1804
Four traders affiliated with the North West Company arrived at the Mandan Village, having been working among the Mandan and Hidatsa (Gros Ventres) tribes to trade for robes, furs, and other goods. Some members of the Corps of Discovery obtained tobacco from the visiting traders. The four men stayed with the expedition through the night before continuing their business in the area.
the Mandan Village 4 men came here which belonged to the
N.W. Compy of Traders, which are now at the Mandans & Grovan-
tiars. came for the purpose of tradeing for their Robes & furs, &.C.
1 The game whose description follows was :i species of billiards. It was in
great favor among n cumber of the Missouri River tribes of Indians, and num-
erous descriptions of it have been left by travelers. See Twenty-fourth Annual
Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology (Washington, 1907), 511-13.
1804] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 173
Some of our men got some Tobacco from them, they remained
with [us] all night.1
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Four men from the Mandan Village came here. They belonged to the North West Company of Traders, which are now at the Mandan and Gros Ventre villages. They came for the purpose of trading for robes and furs, etc. Some of our men got some tobacco from them. They remained with us all night.
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