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4 Bears Lodge and Casino, New Town, North Dakota,

November 25, 2002

[View: south.  47º 58’ 49” N - 102º 34’ 32” W]

[Clark]                                                                    23^rd December Sunday 1804

a fine Day   great numbers of indians of all discriptions Came to the fort many

of them bringing Corn to trade, the little Crow, loadd. his wife & Sun with corn

for us, Cap. Lewis gave him a few presents as also his wife, She made a Kettle

of boild Simnins, beens, Corn & Choke Cherris with the Stones which was

paletable

This Dish is Considered, as a treat among those people, The Chiefs of the

Mandans are fond of Stayin & Sleeping in the fort