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Corps of Discovery had its first confrontation here, at the confluence
of the Bad and Missouri Rivers, top left. This view is from Laframboise
Is. in Pierre. You are looking west across the Missouri at the mouth
of Bad River, just to the left of the white house. L & C were
holding a council with the Teton chiefs on a sandbar, located approximately
where the island is in the photo, left. The view is from Lilly Park,
Ft Pierre, at the mouth of Bad River, looking up the Missouri. When
returning the chiefs to shore, some braves grabbed the tow cable and
mast of the pirogue. Clark drew his sword and Lewis ordered the keelboat's
guns into play. All ended quietly but with continued tension. You
can imagine youself watching from the shore along with hundreds of
Teton Sioux men, women, and children. |
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