Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 22, 1804
On December 22, 1804, the party worked on setting the pickets at their winter quarters. A large number of Native visitors came to the post bringing corn and beans to trade. In exchange, they sought looking glasses, beads, buttons, and other small items that appealed to them visually. The day was marked by active trading between the expedition members and the local Indigenous people.
Setting the Pickets a Great nomber of the Savages visited us
brought corn & beans to Trade with us they wanted of us looking
Glases Beeds buttens or & other kinds of articles pleasing to the
Eye.
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Setting the pickets, a great number of the natives visited us. They brought corn and beans to trade with us. They wanted from us looking glasses, beads, buttons, and other kinds of articles pleasing to the eye.
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