Lewis and Clark Expedition Index
Journal
Summaries Index
Lewis and
Clark Journal Summary 22: Dates August 14, 1806 - August
31, 1806
The following
is a summary of the journal entries made by Lewis and
Clark. Dates: August 14, 1806 - August 31, 1806
Lewis and
Clark Arrive Back at the Mandan Villages and Face the
Teton Sioux Again
August 14,
1806
The Corps of Discovery arrived at a Mandan village.
The Indians were glad to see them and Clark held council
with several Chiefs. Clark tried to persuade some of
the chiefs to travel with them to see the President
but they were afraid of attack by the Sioux, whose territory
they would have to pass on the way.
August
15, 1806
One of the Corps of Discovery members, Jo Colter, asked
if he could leave the expedition and join the two trappers
they’d passed earlier. Clark was of the opinion that
this would be to Colter’s advantage, so agreed.
August 16,
1806
Colter was formally
discharged from the Corps of Discovery, along with the
interpreter Charbonneau, his wife Sacagawea and their
son Jean-Baptiste. Charbonneau was given $500 33⅓ cents
in payment. Lewis & Clark gathered together the Chiefs
and with great ceremony presented the swivel cannon,
which they no longer needed, to One Eye the Chief of
the Minnetares. During the evening, the Head Chief of
the Mandan village told Lewis and Clark that he would
travel with them if he could bring his wife, children
and Rene Jusseaume, a Mandan translator, and his family.
They agreed to the proposition.
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