Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: November 22, 1804
The party sent a pirogue to the second Mandan village to trade for corn. The men finished building the backs of the chimneys at their winter quarters. Toward evening the pirogue returned carrying about twelve bushels of mixed-color corn on the ear, which the Mandans had retrieved from underground storage holes where they buried it in their village. The entry also references the Mandan chief Black Cat, principal chief of the second village, noted for his intelligence and inquiries about the expedition's customs.
with a pearogue to the 2nd village of the mandens for corn we
1 “all hands work at their huts untill 1 oClock at night.” Clark, November
15.
1 The Mandan chief, Black Cat, according to Clark. In addition to other
business “he made great inquiries respecting our fashions.” He was principal
chief of the second Mandan village. On Feb. 8, 180,r>, Clark characterizes
him as possessed of “more integrety, firmness, intiligence and perspicuety of
mine” than any other Indian he had met with in that quarter.
3 Charbbnneau, for whom sec ante, 164, note 1.
1804] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 167
completed building the backs of our chimneys, the pearogue
returned towards evening with ab* 12 bushels of mixed coullourd
corn in ears [word illegible] which the natives took out of the
Ground where they burry it in holes in their village.
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With a pirogue to the 2nd village of the Mandans for corn, we completed building the backs of our chimneys. The pirogue returned towards evening with about 12 bushels of mixed-colored corn in ears [word illegible], which the natives took out of the ground where they bury it in holes in their village.
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