Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 28, 1805
A party went out and felled trees to begin building four canoes. While they were away, an express messenger arrived from the Arikara village with alarming news: the Sioux had declared war on the expedition as well as on the Mandans and Hidatsas (Gros Ventres). The Sioux had bragged at the Arikara village about the February 14th robbery and threatened to massacre the entire party in the spring. This message confirmed that the Sioux were the ones who had stolen the men's horses.
miles, where we found and cut down trees for four canoes.
While we were absent an express arrived from the Rickarees
village with news that the Sioux had declared war against us,
and also against the Mandans and Grossventers. They had
boasted of the robbery of the 14th at the Rickarees village in
their way home, and that they intended to massacre the whole
of usin the spring. By this express we therefore found out
that it was the Sioux who had taken the horses from our men.
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miles, where we found and cut down trees for four canoes. While we were away, an express messenger arrived from the Rickaree village with news that the Sioux had declared war against us, and also against the Mandans and Grossventers (Gros Ventres). They had boasted of the robbery of the 14th at the Rickaree village on their way home, and said they intended to massacre all of us in the spring. From this express we therefore learned that it was the Sioux who had taken the horses from our men.
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