Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 22, 1805
Indigenous visitors from the southeast continued bringing corn to Fort Mandan. A group of Hidatsa (Gros Ventres) arrived to visit the captains, accompanied by traders Mr. McKenzie and Mr. Larocque. Lewis and Clark designated one of the visitors as a chief, presenting him with a medal, an artillery coat, a shirt, a knife, and other gifts. Rives retrieved his pirogue and took it home. The day centered on diplomacy with neighboring tribes and ongoing provisioning of the expedition through trade in corn.
from the S. E. Savages continue to bring us Some corn a nom-
ber of the Grossvantars Savages came to visit our officers with
Mr McKinzey & Mr Larouck. our Captains made a chief & Gave
him a meddel and an artillery coat a Shirt knife &. C. Rives
took home his perogue.
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From the southeast, Native people continue to bring us some corn. A number of the Gros Ventres Native people came to visit our officers with Mr. McKinzey (Mr. McKenzie) and Mr. Larouck (Mr. Larocque). Our captains made a chief and gave him a medal and an artillery coat, a shirt, a knife, etc. Rives took home his pirogue.
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