Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Patrick Gass: August 29, 1804
Rain blew in from the northwest and continued through much of the night, with a cloudy, thundery morning following. The party stayed well fed on excellent catfish, including some large ones caught overnight. In the afternoon, the men sent earlier to a nearby Indian camp returned with about sixty Sioux, who camped across the river and received gifts of corn and tobacco. The sergeant reported their forty lodges, made of painted buffalo and elk skins, stood about nine miles off on the Sacque River. The Sioux killed a dog as a sign of friendship, and one expedition member shot a deer.
and rain came on from the N. W. and the rain continued the
greater part of the night. The morning was cloudy with some
thunder. We are generally well supplied with Catfish, the best
I have ever seen. Some large ones were taken last night. In
the afternoon the men who had gone to the Indian camp
returned and brought with them sixty Indians of the Sioux
nation. They encamped for the evening upon the opposite
shore, and some corn and tobacco were sent over to them.
The sergeant who had gone to their camp informed me that
their lodges, forty in number, are about nine miles from the
Missouri on the Sacque river. They are made of dressed
buffaloe and elk skins, painted red and white, and are very
handsome. He said the women are homely and mostly old;
but the young men likely and active. They killed a dog asa
token of friendship. One of our men killed a deer.
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and rain came on from the N.W., and the rain continued the greater part of the night. The morning was cloudy with some thunder. We are generally well supplied with catfish, the best I have ever seen. Some large ones were caught last night. In the afternoon the men who had gone to the Indian camp returned and brought with them sixty Indians of the Sioux nation. They camped for the evening upon the opposite shore, and some corn and tobacco were sent over to them.
The sergeant who had gone to their camp informed me that their lodges, forty in number, are about nine miles from the Missouri on the Sacque river. They are made of dressed buffalo and elk skins, painted red and white, and are very handsome. He said the women are plain-looking and mostly old, but the young men are good-looking and active. They killed a dog as a token of friendship. One of our men killed a deer.
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