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Tribe Of Mandan Indians

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We set up camp for the winter with a tribe of Mandan Indians. They by far have been the nicest group we've come across on this journey. They are very accustomed to see men like us (white men). This is nice because they know we are traveling and told us how much they know about the rest of our journey. “Abandon your boat at one point and travel by foot because there are waterfalls. Build canoes and travel around them.” those were the words of the Mandan chief. I met a man named Toussaint Charbonneau today. He claimed to have great knowledge of the west and we were looking to hire him to show us the way. He's worthless. We really wanted to hire him because of his wife Sacagawea. She is 16, pregnant, of the Shoshone tribe, but knows much about

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