CHAPTER VI._History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. 1. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.

The party increase in the favour of the Mandans.

Description of a buffaloe dance. Medicine dance. The

fortitude with which the Indians bear the severity

of the season. Distress of the party for want of

provisions. The great importance of the blacksmith

in procuring it. Depredations of the Sioux. The

homage paid to the medicine stone. Summary act of

justice among the Minnetarees. The process by which

the Mandans and Ricaras make beads. Character of the

Missouri, of the surrounding country, and of the

rivers, creeks, islands, &c. 148

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