about 200 men Singing and beeting on their drums Stick and keeping time to the musik,
they formed a half circle around us and Sung for Some time,
William Clark
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This dance was held at the Pendleton Round Up of 2011. To see 200 men singing and dancing in period dress, attend a pow wow near you!
Towards evening we arrived at a large fork that came into this River from a Northerly direction & was much large than the fork which we descended...
The country round where the forks of these two Rivers lay was level & smooth barren plains...
-Joseph Whitehouse-
Photo date: October 11, 2008
Some modern artifacts have been obscured.
after Smokeing with the Indians who had collected to view us we formed a camp at the point near which place I Saw a fiew pieces of Drift wood
-William Clark-
Taken at Sacajawea State Park, where you can visit the Sacajawea Interpretive Center or attend the annual Heritage Days.
Photo date: October 11, 2008
Some modern artifacts have been obscured.
Great quantities of a kind of prickley pares, much worst than any I have before Seen of a tapering form and attach themselves by bunches.
-William Clark-
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Photo date: July 31, 2010 at the Ordway site on the Snake River. These are common along the Snake River, but I can't confirm this is the same type of prickly pear described by Clark.
after we had our camp fixed and fires made, a Chief came from their Camp which was about ¼ of a mile up the Columbia river at the head of about 200 men Singing and beeting on their drums Stick and keeping time to the musik, they formed a half circle around us and Sung for Some time.
-William Clark-
