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Wasicum Sapa* Several mile up the river Capt. Clark named after a tribe a the Sioux a Hidatsa chief sent for us. His eagle feather & pride made him 'most as tall as me He spit on his fingers an rubbed my skin hard, thinking it paint that wears off. Meaning to help him understand, I took off my hat an let him touch my wooly head. Satisfied that I was not a black white man he looked deep into my eyes an stared at his own reflection. "Black man in the Sioux language ...

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