| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. 6 TIIE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER ———•——~-&'M=<%-*——■ » « . -#> Clark, to explore his new territory. They went from St. Louis, Missouri to Mandan, North Dakota, and stayed there all winter. The next spring, a Frenchman undertook to guide them through the mountains. This Frenchman happened to be married to an Indian woman named Sakakawea. When they came to the mountains, the Indians in the Shoshone country stopped them and Sakakawea succeeded in getting them through to explore the Columbia River. It was discovered that Sakakawea was the Indian Chief's sister who had been kidnapped by a rival tribe when she was a baby. If was through her that Lewis and Clark succeeded in reaching the Pacific. There are three monuments to Sakakawea in the United States. One is at St. Louis, one is at Portland, and the very best one is at Bismarck, North Dakota. —Arthur Miller. W lk :*M Dr. Libby's Lecture Last Saturday evening Dr. Libby, Dean of History at the University of* North Dakota, gave us a lecture on "Pioneer Days in North Dakota." One part of the lecture which I liked best was about Lewis and Clark and their guide, Sakakawea. Sakakawea was an Indian mother who was very smart and who offered to give Lewis and Clark assistance-. She guided them as far as the Columbia river in Oregon. When they arrived near the Rocky Mountains, they were met by a different tribe of Indians. These Indians were very angry and warned Sakakawea and her friends not to approach any closer. Sakakawea on hearing the men talking, exclaimed that they were her tribe and that she belonged to them. It so happened that some years before, some Frenchmen came and fought with the Indians. Sakakawea and her brother while running, separated, each going in a different direction. Sakakawea was met by a French man. Later they married and moved east till they arrived at Mandan. Her brother escaped and later he became chief of the tribe by whom Lewis and Clark were stopped. .Sakakawea and her brother met with joy in their hearts, She told her brother that Lewis and Clark were their friends. He gave them permission to go ahead. This is how, Lewis and Clark wore able to explore the Columbia River. —Gordon Clarke. ik ik ak Dr. Libby's Talk A long time ago there were many, many buffaloes in the north- western part of the United States. The Indians killed many of them for the meat. They used the buffalo's shoulder-bone for hoes, the skins for the tents and clothes. Then the white men came. They killed the buffaloes for sport and that made the Indians angry. The first white explorers were the Spaniards why came to this country. They came from Mexico up to the mouth of the Yellowstone River. Dr. Libby said perhaps they had found gold but if they had, they did not tell a soul about it. A I'fer that, the English came to America from Hudson Bay. They established some trading post to trade with the Indians. The English did not want the French to come so they kept them out. At last a brave Frenchman came out. The Indians all liked him. He was Verendyre and he kept a. diary and wrote down everyday what had happened so that we know be was really in North Dakota. He is the first white man known postively to have been in North Dakota, lie sent bis son to Sanish, North Dakota. When he returned, he said that the Missouri River was flowing west. But it is not so as it really flows east. Do you know what made him think so'.' It was because it flows to the west a few miles, then goes around a hill and flows east. The state of North Dakota has a new bridge at Sanish. It was built last summer and was named in honor of Verendyre and his son. During Thomas Jefferson's administration, he wanted to explore the north west part of the United States so he sent Lewis and Clark to explore it. They explored the land west of the Mississippi River. They spent one winter in Mandan, North Dakota. They had a hard time reaching the Columbia River, and an Indian woman named Sakakawea came to their rescue. There is a monument in Bismarck in honor of her. —Verba Linson. $k $k *k Many years ago there were millions of buffaloes that lived in parts of Canada, the United States anil Mexico. When the winter came they went south until the winter was gone and then they went back north. They lived on the plains and prairies. The coyotes, wolves, bears and eagles followed the herds of buffaloes and killed them and ate them. Then the Indians came to the prairies. The Indians saw the buffaloes on the, plains. They made strong bows and arrows from the ribs of the buffaloes. They killed the herds of buffaloes and got hides and ate their meat and boiled the fat into butter and lard. They used the buffalos shoulder bones for hoes. They used the ribs for the strong bows. They used the sinews for the strings of the bows and for thread. They used the buffalo hides for fhe wigwams. The White people came and saw the buffaloes on the plains. They killed many buffaloes for sport. Many people bought the beavers' hides from the Indians for beads, hatchets, guns and powder. The English sent the fur traders to North America to tra.de in furs with the Indians. They founded the Hudson Bay Fur Company on the mouth of Mouse River and Red River. They traded with many Indians. —Ronald Graham.
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