| Summary: | EPISODE TWO "THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF NORTH DAKOTA" Before the white man came to North Dakota in 1738, the land was occupied by several tribes of Indians—notably the Mandan, Hidatsi, Arikaras, Assiniboines, Sioux, Cheyennes and Chippewas. The Sioux were the natural enemies of all tribes with whom they were not allied. They had no permanent villages, roaming the plains instead of raising corn and vegetables as did many of the other tribes. It was not until after the white man came, supplying the Indians with guns, ammunition and intoxicating liquor and taking their land that the history of North Dakota's early days became a gruesome story of bloody wars, surprise attacks and massacres conducted by various bands of Indians against one another and the whites. First white man to enter North Dakota was a French explorer, Verendrye, in 1738, who was followed by many other French fur traders and by representatives of the Northwest Company and the Hudson Bay Company. Prominent among these was Alexander Henry, who led an expedition of white men to the Red River Valley in 1800. By 1805 the Dakotas were overrun by traders. The Indians, themselves, had no objections to the traders, for the opportunity to trade gave them means to buy essentials. We depict a band of Indians in their camp engaged in peaceful pursuits and their subsequent trading at a Fort on Park River. INDIANS William Dohn, Vincent Kaline, Lee Hicks, J. A. Godfrey, Ida Thompson, Mrs. M. T. Finkle, Mrs. Roy Miners. Mrs. W. Seen, Arthur Monaghan, Sam Tolchinsky, John Kramer, Milton Re>srn, Ann Sonduck, Mrs. Hulli Bngen, Mrs. Clara Jacobson, Mrs. Rena Urn .lours, Don Hartley. Lester Kelly, Bud Bartole, It. L. Forward, Bartsch, Ann Monaghan, Mrs. (). .1. Olson, lie>se Banknecht, George Baker, Adam Hoff, It. T. Finkle, John Brazerol, Darwin Mrs. Jennie Duncan, Mrs. Ann Hendrickson, Mrs. (>. II. Hagen, Fryer, M. C. Bergler, George Cram, Norman Woehle, Ralph Mrs. Mailed Olson. .Iran Leonhard, Irene Hoffman, Tommy Kaiser, Brown, Pearl Drench, Janiece Smith, Mrs. Cecelia Schloemer. James Walcher and Paul Vogel. EPISODE THREE "THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION" Soon after the beginning of his term of office, President Thomas Jefferson became interested in sending a party to explore the valley of the Missouri River. The explorers were to trace the river to its source and find the best water communication to the Pacific Ocean. In 1803 he commissioned Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the region of the Northwest, much of which was in the Louisiana territory. In May, 1804, Lewis and Clark with a well-provisioned party left St. Louis on their great western journey. They had expected difficulty with the hostile savages but found their greatest dlifficulties in navigating the Missouri River. They spent the winter of 1804-05 west of Washburn on the north side of the river from Fort Clark. Here they raised the Flag Christmas Day, 1804—the first time an American flag flew in North Dakota. It was at Fort Mandan that Sakakawea, the "Bird Woman," joined the expedition. A Shoshone Indian, captured at the age of eleven by the Missouri River Indians and sold to Charbonneau, her French husband, she had traveled much of the country east and west of the Rockies and was able to furnish valuable information to Lewis and Clark. Shu was the only woman to accompany the expedition and was guide, interpreter and protector. Much of the success of the expedition can be attributed to Sakakawea. In the spring of 1805 as soon as the ice had gone out of the river, the boats were launched again, the journey was continued westward and Lewis and Clark saw the Pacific for the first time late in the same year. We portray a scene in the camp of Lewis and Clark at Fort Mandan. II. .1. Bischof, John Schuler, Homer Harden, Phillip Fuchs, <; 'ge John Roether, Larry Mastel, Jim Hesslnger, Joe Bartole, Laid Voglc, Hiss. I.<•(■ Lacey, John Kelsch, John Hansen, Aubrey Martin, Theodore Ressler and I-'. .1. Rothschlller, Edward Mack, John Puhr, C. N. Ditmer, Peter Roeckel, Roy Geesey. Sakakawea : Betty Barnes. EPISODE FOUR "MILITARY POSTS" The fur trading period merged into an era of the establishment of military posts in what is now North Dakota. These were made necessary by the fact that the great number of Indians living here were seldom peaceful in the genuine sense—so it was necessary to have armed forces ready for use if necessary. Despite all the hardships, constant fear of attack by hostile Indians and the lonely life in the territory, there was amusement at the trading posts and forts. A few music boxes and pianos had found their way into gome of the officers' quarters and army men on leave to the states would bring back the newest books and their ladies, the latest in styles. Almost any occasion was used as an excuse for a party and the officers and their wives would gather in a parlor to play games, cards or dance. We show a group of officers and their wives at one of these gatherings in Fort Abercrombie and the dancing of the Virginia Reel. Roberl Edick, Burketi Huey, Karstens Kennedy, George Galloway, Lois Nelson, Olive Mitchell, Odessa William. Ellen Tillotson lean Molx-it Hide'. Gordon Webber, Clifford r,u^i-. Stanley Temanson, Potterud, Dorothea Gutman, Winnie Wlebers and Marie Garske Richard Baska, Kenneth Pfiffner, Louise Wlebers, Evelyn Jensen. EPISODE FIVE "THE NORTHERN PACIFIC" Without the presence of the military the Northern Pacific Railroad could not have been built. In 1870 Thomas H. Canfield located the route so that it crossed the Red River at what is now Fargo and then called Central!*, In 1872, he decided upon the spot where the road should cross the Missouri River and t here located the town of Edwinton. later named Bismarck, for the purpose of attracting German capital for the completion of the road. The first rail was laid within the limits of North Dakota January 1, 1872. June, 1873, it was completed as far as Bismarck. As work went on, difficulties with the Indians arose and it was necessary for troops from Fort Abraham Lincoln to accompany the surveyors and workers. We show a Northern Pacific surveying party guarded by troops being attacked by a band of Sioux. Olaf Amundson, Theodore Kios, Nick Cederson, Jon Tonander, Adam Ken Pfiffner, Ade Feldner, William Dohn Vincent Kaline Lee Lavendusky, F. A. McMlllen, Ovle It. Olsen, Alfred Thorpe, Hicks, .1. \. Godfrey, Arthur Monaghan, Sain Tolchinsk] lohn Claude 0. ste-ltcr. Howard Hammond, Albert Bertsch, Jim Rider, Kramer, lien .leme-s. hem Hartley I ester Kelley hud Bartole Al Griffith, Paul Willman, ltnl> Carr, Lowell Elofson, Billy Will- H. L. Forward, George Baker, Adam Hoff It T Finkle l"lni man. Peter Tibesar, Died- Elofson, George Itulm. Walter Kallen Brazerol, Darwin Fryer, M r Beraler fienm'p Pram Nnrmnn berger, Mike Wald, Roy Cors, Chester Joos, Dick Baska. Woehle and Ralph Brown, - 1889 — WAGONS WEST == 1939 = Page Twenty eeven Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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