On That Occasion, Also, The Commanders Of The
Expedition Had Given The Indians A Number Of Useful Articles,
Among Them Being A Portable Corn-Mill.
But the Indians had other
uses for metal, and they had taken the mill apart and used
the iron
For the purpose of making barbs for their arrows.
From the Omahas, who were located here, the white men
received a present of as much corn as three men could carry.
Black Cat also gave them a dozen bushels of corn.
Their days of starvation and famine were over. They were next visited
by Le Borgne, better known as One-eye, the head chief of all the Minnetarees,
to whom Lewis and Clark also extended an invitation to go to Washington
to see the Great Father. The journal says: -
"Le Borgne began by declaring that he much desired to visit
his Great Father, but that the Sioux would certainly kill
any of the Mandans who should attempt to go down the river.
They were bad people, and would not listen to any advice.
When he saw us last, we had told him that we had made peace
with all the nations below; yet the Sioux had since killed
eight of his tribe, and stolen a number of their horses.
The Ricaras too had stolen their horses, and in the contest
his people had killed two of the Ricaras. Yet in spite
of these dispositions he had always had his ears open to
our counsels, and had actually made a peace with the Chayennes
and the Indians of the Rocky Mountains.
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