THE OLD SIGN PHILOSOPHER, THOUGHTS OF THE DAY!

If you lived in your car, you'd be home by now
Bad spel of wether

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/12/1804

Clark briefly describes in his journal the Mandan story of creation and tribial history. This is part of Clark's assignment on the quest west to the Pacific. He will rewrite his journal before sending it back to Jefferson in the spring.

THE OLD SIGN PHILOSOPHER, THOUGHTS OF THE DAY!
"Rain dance cancelled, bad weather". Please refer to blog on Sunday 11/07/04. It rained all day today.

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LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/11/1804
Two men are injured by axes while constructing the fort. Lewis and Clark administer to their wounds.

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/10/1804

Chief Coal drops by to give the men half a bison. The chief, his wife and child leave and cross the Missouri River in a bull boat, his wife then portages the boat three miles overland back to their village.

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/09/1804

The men awake to a hard frost and work through the day in a hard driving cold wind. Clark is fascinated that the Mandans feed their horses small cottonwood boughs, and keep their horses and dogs inside their lodges overnight.

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/08/1804

Three Hudson Bay Company traders arrive from Canada. The Mandan & Hidatsa villages are a significant trade center on the Northern Plains. Lewis & Clark speak to all visitors concerning the upcoming jaunt to the Pacific Ocean.

THE OLD SIGN PHILOSOPHER, THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY!
A drop of ink.......makes millions think!
Rain dance tomorrow.......weather permitting!

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/07/1804

Clark is barely keeping a journal now due to the amount of work entailed with building the winter fort. The day has milder temperatures under a cloudy sky, and the men continue building the fort all day.

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/06/1804

On this cold and windy day, interpreter Graveines and some of the French boatman head down the Missouri. The interpreter is to take some Arikara chiefs to Washington, D.C., in the spring to meet the president.

LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 200 YEARS AGO TODAY 11/05/1804

Almost all the men are cutting timber to build the fort, including Clark, whose rheumatism is bad. Lewis is busy writing all day. During the night the guard awakes the men to view "auro borealis".