My Lewis & Clark Virtual Journey has Forrest visiting the last town the the Missouri River before reaching the South/North Dakota state line. Mobridge, SD is the Midwest's largest annual ice fishing tournament where, up to 450, 2-person teams try their luck at cash prizes. Until tomorrow, God Bless Walk Forrest Walk
Lewis & Clark Update (excerpt from the journal of Capt. Clark)
Near present day Mobridge, SD (pop 4,400)
October 8, 1804 (Camped between Oak and Fisher Creeks, Corson County, South Dakota) Two of our men discovered the ricckerre village, about the Center of the Island. The island is covered with fields, where those people raise their Corn Tobacco beans. Great numbers of those people came on the Island to see us pass, we passed above the head of the Island and Capt. Lewis with 2 interpreters & 2 men went to the Village. I formed a Camp of the french & the guard on Shore, with one sentinel on board of the boat at anchor, a pleasant evening all things arranged both for Peace or War.... Several French men came up with Capt Lewis in a Perogue (canoe), one of which is a man well versed in the language of this nation. to be continued
1 comments:
Hey Forrest, hang in there friend with your back and hips. I think you are responsible for this nice weather. The walking gods don't want you walking on slippery roads when you are hurting!!! Thank you for the weather. A small trivia note, Mobridge is where a famous Native American from the mid 1800s has been reburied by his family. Sitting Bull was killed in Standing Rock and buried but I believe his grave was reopened and his remains moved to Mobridge which is nearer to his birth place. Lots of history where you are walking now.
Take Care, we are sending you positive energy.
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