Building Fort Mandan — Patrick Gass: October 31, 1804
With the Indians still not having given a formal answer to the captains' proposals, Captain Clarke and several men traveled down to the village around noon. There, the chief presented them with about nine or ten bushels of corn along with some buffalo robes as gifts. The brief entry records this exchange and the continued wait for the tribe's official response.
also to day, the Indians having given no answer. At 12, Cap-
tain Clarke and some of the men went down to the village,
and the chief gave 9 or 10 bushels of corn, and some buffaloe
robes.
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Also today, the Indians having given no answer. At 12, Captain Clarke (Captain Clark) and some of the men went down to the village, and the chief gave 9 or 10 bushels of corn, and some buffalo robes.
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