9th.. of March Satturday
1805
a Cloudy Cold and windey morning wind from the North.
I
walked up to See the Party that is makeing Perogues, about
5 miles above
this, the wind hard and Cold on my way up I
met the (The
Borgne) Main Chief of the Ma ne tar res, with
four Indians on their
way to see us, (see note of 9 March after
10th Mar 1805), I requested him to
proceed on to the fort,
where he would find Capt.
Lewis I should be there myself in
corse of a fiew hours, Sent the
interpiter back with him
and proceeded on myself to the Canoes found them
nearly
fin[i]shed, the timber verry bad (Qu x),
after visiting all the
perogues where I found a number of Indians, I wind
[went]
to the upper mandan Village & Smoked a pipe (the greatest
mark of friendship and attention) with the Chief and returned.
on my
return found the Manetarree Chief about Setting out
on his return to his
Village, having recived of Captain M.
Lewis a Medel
Gorget armban[d]s, a Flag Shirt, scarlet &c.
&c. &c. for which he was much pleased, those things were
given in place of Sundery articles Sent to him which he Sais he
did
not receive, 2 guns were fired for this Great man. [37]
