Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 1, 1805

Swivel & drank a Glass, about 9 o.C. 15 of the party went up to
the 1st village of Mandans to dance as it had been their request,
carried with us a fiddle & a Tambereen & a Sounden horn, as
we arived at the entrence of the vi1 we fired one round then the
music played, loaded again, then marched to the center of the
village [and] fired again, then commenced dancing, a frenchman
danced on his head1 and all danced round him for a Short time
then went in to a lodge & danced a while, which pleased them verry
much they then brought victules from different lodges & of
different kinds of diet, they brought us also a quantity of corn
& Some buffalow Robes which they made us a present off. So
we danced in different lodges untill late in the afternoon, then
a part of the men returned to the fort the remainder Stayed all
night in the village — rained a little in the evening