Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge — Joseph Whitehouse: October 11, 1804
Around noon, Native people from a nearby village visited the expedition's camp, bringing gifts of corn, beans, and squash. They asked the captains to put in a good word for them with the Mandans, expressing their desire to make peace with that tribe. The brief entry records a peaceful diplomatic exchange and an appeal for the expedition to act as intermediaries in establishing friendlier relations between the visiting group and the Mandan nation farther up the Missouri River.
about 12 oClock the natives came to our camp & Gave us
Some corn beans & squashes & wished our officers to Speak a
good word for them at the Mandans, for they Said they wished
to make peace.
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About 12 o'clock the natives came to our camp and gave us some corn, beans, and squashes, and wished our officers to speak a good word for them at the Mandans, for they said they wished to make peace.
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