October 11th 1804
Dear Journal,
It's hard to believe that we have only been on this trip for 5 months! So much has happened so far and I am so curious to see what other interesting things will come about on the rest of our journey. Speaking of fun events, we seem to have another one that happened today which was.... Heather's birthday!! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Heather, happy birthday to you.
The three Arikara chiefs responded to the speech's our captains had sent to them about trading with the Americans. They responded saying how glad they will be to trade with the Americans, and let them pass on the river. They agree to let our captains try to make peace between the Arikaras and the Mandans. Generous hosts, the chiefs serve a meal featuring boiled corn and beans, with bread made from ground corn and beans, and give the Corps bushels of corn, beans, and squash to take along, it was considered a birthday gift to Heather from them.
Seems to me like Heather had an amazing birthday! Her birthday was a lucky day for all of us even! We got a wonderful feast that we all loved, and the Arikara chiefs like us... a lot, which is a good think! I hope that Heather had a great birthday :]
3 comments:
Happy birthday heather =)
Thanks! And yes I did, according to Christina. Great Job, and thanks again! <3 =)
Christina, thank you so much for being our birthday girl. You are adding so much fun and anticipation to each turn in the river. I really like the way you take the information and bring it alive with pictures, music and words. Even your music makes me think. And the pie, thank you it was delicious. My only suggestions are: 1) to plan ahead 2) trade with the locals for some eating utensils 3) see if you can find Seaman so he can help you clean up next time so you don't have to do it all yourself
Pay: A
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