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‘Lewis & Clark Revisited’ at MVHC President’s Message 2 The Missouri Valley History Conference Held its yearly meeting in early March at the Embassy Suites in Omaha, NE, with educa- Brad Tennant at 3 tors and scholars from all over the country in attendance. Follow- MVHC ing a ‘call for papers’ from the MVHC approximately six months earlier, the selected entries were presented before an audience Making of ‘Reading 4 of students, other educators, and history buffs. EOTP’s own Dr. Between the Lines’ Brad Tennant was one of the presenters with his work entitled, ‘Reading Between the Lines’. See page 3. Lonis Wendt Profile 5 The ‘Big Uneasy’ 6 The Making of ‘Reading Between Corps of Re-Discovery 8 the Lines’ Upcoming Events 9 Lonis Wendt, our EOTP Chapter In late September 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent 4 Historian’s presentations never fail to bring new and intriguing days visiting with the Sioux inhabitants of what is now the Fort aspects of Lewis & Clark to light. Pierre/Pierre area. The events of those 4 days are the subject Lonis’ is profiled in this issue. of much speculation among historians, not only because of what is written in the Lewis and Clark journals, but also because of what is not written. In his work, ‘Reading Between the Lines’, Profile of EOTP Historian, Lonis Dr. Brad Tennant presents an interesting perspective. Wendt See page 4. EOTP Historian, Lonis Wendt has provided chapter members with rare insights to Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery; accounts and historical facts not normally found in history texts. I had a chance to visit with Lonis, and discovered a man of many dimensions, not the least of Another Corps of Re-Discovery which is his passion to learn as much as he can about the saga that is This June, Larry McNeil and his wife Tanya will embark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 19th century, and then to cruise of the System pushing off from Lewis- teach and pass along his discoveries. His ability to dig deeper than ton, Idaho to Oregon’s Pacific coast. Along the way, they plan most other historians is what makes Lonis a rare treasure. Read more to visit as many of the same locations Lewis and Clark stopped about Lonis on page 5. at during their passages to and from the coast. As did those men of the Corps of Discovery who kept journals, so too, will the McNeils be keeping a record of their journey, and we will Contact The Pirogue at [email protected] about receiving this be able to follow them the entire time. See Page 8. publication, or joining the Encounters On The Pairie Chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.

EOTP Board Members Upcoming Lewis & Clark Bill Stevens, President; email; [email protected] Encounters Chuck Schroyer, Vice President Page 9 Beverly Lewis, Secretary/Treasurer; email: [email protected] Rich Avilla, Editor/Publisher, The Pirogue; email: Sign-up/Renewal Sheet [email protected] Dorinda Daniel, Board Member on Last Page Frenchy Taft, Board Member The Pirogue Page 2 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1

should begin seeing positive changes, in the not too distant Spring Message from future! Bill Stevens, EOTP President There are some exciting EOTP/Lewis & Clark ‘encounters’ com- ing up in spring and summer! See page 9 of this newsletter for It's SPRING 2011! It is good to have th survived the winter of 2010! Now, details. The encounters begin on April 28 with Jay D. Vogt, with the following updates, it's great Director of the South Dakota State Historical Society (SDSHS), to be looking to our future! presenting, ‘: The Back Story’, where he will discuss the original sculpture concept, the figures of Lewis & Clark on the granite spires known as ‘The Needles’ on US-87 At the Foundation level, the contro- about 6 miles southeast of Mt. Rushmore. Director Vogt will talk versy over moving the LCTHF head- about how the stone face of President was quarters out of Great Falls continues. created and why he was included with , Lincoln & T. Our friend North Dakotan Clay Jen- Roosevelt. kinson, has been confirmed as the new editor of the LCTHF’s quarterly We then remind everyone that the SDSHS has its 2011 History magazine, ‘We Proceeded On’ be- Conference here in Pierre, South Dakota with the 150th anni- Bill Stevens ginning this summer. With the direct versary of the start of Dakota Territory. guidance of Consultants, the LCTHF Board was able to create an updated 2011-2016 On May 28th, our EOTP Chapter will meet in preparation for the strategic plan for the Foundation. We've added a non-voting rd youth member to the LCTHF Board. And bylaws changes 43 Annual LCTHF Meeting in Omaha, July 31 through August have been recommended to add to the at-large Board Mem- 3, 2011. We will gather to discuss our participation at the meet- bership with the intention of including cultural diversity and ing, and how we will help our friends of the Mouth of the Platte two members of financial means. There is some initial talk of Chapter with registration and other chores. adding representation for the larger Chapter Memberships. And finally, after many members have shown interest in be- ing nominated for Board positions, our Governance Commit- Our June encounter, the ‘Road Trip To Mount Rushmore and tee chaired by our St. Louis friend Jerry Garrett, we will soon Visit With a Stone-Faced Thomas Jefferson" is tentatively have the list of the at-large Board Nominees for the ballot. scheduled for Saturday, June 18th. This will be a memorable encounter, that we’d love to share with our fellow LCTHF friends! As for our own, EOTP Chapter, we have our http:// www.eotp.net website up, and I invite all EOTP Chapter Oh yeah, also in June, DeeAnn and I are praying that we will members to check it out! Since we are operating solely with become first-time grandparents with the birth of our daughter our own resources, e.g., EOTP Board Member and Publisher Melissa's and her husband Scott Gibson's daughter! of The Pirogue, Rich Avilla, who eschews the title, but we have named him our Webmaster! Rich says he is engaged in ‘on the job’ training as he works on both the newsletter and Rich has reminded me that he would very much like to hear website. Well, we may not have a professional webmaster, from you, and is most interested in receiving photos and stories graphics designer, or we may not employ other professional from chapter members they would like to share with the rest of services to help us develop our website, and it will be a while the EOTP clan and other readers of The Pirogue. Did you know before we request that a link to it is included in the National that our newsletters are posted to the National LCTHF Chap- LCTHF’s website ...we have come a long way within these ters’ Newsletters Page? Here’s your chance to get your photos past few months thanks to Rich's initiatives and hard work on and ideas noticed and appreciated! Imagine your friends being behalf of our EOTP Chapter. Thank you, Rich! able to find your photos and stories on the internet! Email Rich at [email protected] with your ideas and suggestions, and tips. In the meantime, I also invite everyone to check out the Na- We look forward to having you with us for our upcoming events, tional LCTHF website, and check out websites from other so please keep connected with us and each other! See you ‘On LCTHF Chapters. You’ll find some very nice looking web- the , On the Lewis & Clark Trail’ - Bill Stevens, sites there, developed by professional developers, and some EOTP Chapter President and LCTHF Board Member, with help of benevolent organizations such as the National [email protected] Endowment for the Humanities. Rich Avilla will be contacting our friends at the National Park Service in Omaha to explore the possibilities of receiving help with our website under the new NPS Partner Support Program (PSP). Hopefully, we The Pirogue Page 3 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 ‘Lewis and Clark Revisited’ At the Missouri Valley History Conference

March 3, 2011 - Omaha, NE The 2011 Missouri Valley History Conference was held at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Omaha with talks and presentations from history scholars and educators from throughout the coun- try. Among the presenters was Encoun- ters On The Prairie’s own Dr. Brad Tennant who, in addition to being an EOTP Chapter member, is a history pro- fessor at Presentation College in Aber- deen, South Dakota.

Dr. Tennant participated as part of a 3- member panel which also included Dr. LCTHF members attending the Missouri Valley History Conference were (left to right, H. Carl Camp who is a retired professor Drs. H. Carl Camp, Stephen Forrest, and Brad Tennant. from the University of Nebraska and Board Member of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (LCTHF), and Dr. Stephen Forrest, Executive Director of the LCTHF. Tennant, Camp, and Forrest, comprised a panel whose compendium of presentations were collectively entitled, ‘Lewis and Clark Revisited.

Dr. Forrest’s presentation, ‘Lewis and Clark and Jeffersonian Adult Learning’, focused on how the Lewis and Clark Expedition coincided with Jefferson’s approach to adult education based on experiential learning. Dr. Forrest emphasized how the mem- bers of the Lewis and Clark Expedition learned a great deal in a variety of subject areas based on their 1804-1806 experiences. In addition, the expedition members became part of a learning community where the emphasis was on collective, rather than individual, accomplishments. In short, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was an adult education mission.

Dr. Camp’s presentation title was “Voyages from Montreal: The Lewis and Clark Expedition’s ‘Mackenzie Connection.’” Al- though it is not known for sure if Lewis and Clark carried a copy of Alexander Mackenzie’s 1801 publication of his 1793 journey across , Dr. Camp noted numerous Lewis and Clark journal entries that were extremely similar to passages written by Mackenzie. According to Camp, the similarities between the Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark journals supports a strong likeli- hood that Alexander Mackenzie’s book was indeed taken on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Tennant’s presentation entitled ‘Reading Between the Lines: Lewis and Clark’s Encounter with the Lakota’, addressed a variety of interpretations of the expedition’s 1804 encounter with the Lakota near the present location of Ft. Pierre-Pierre, South Da- kota. Due to the numerous interpretations of the Lewis and Clark – Lakota encounter, more has been written about what possi- bly happened during this time, based on what was not included in the journals, than many other aspects of the entire expedi- tion.

During the conference, the Mouth of the Platte Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation hosted a booth pro- moting the 43rd Annual Meeting of the LCTHF which will also be held in Omaha July 30 to August 3, 2011. Program and regis- tration information can be found at www.lewisandclark.org or www.mouthoftheplatte.org.

Pictured above, Mary Langhorst and Della Bauer, from the Mouth of the Platte Chapter of the LCTHF. The Pirogue Page 4 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 Making of ‘Reading Between the Lines’ Presentation by Brad Tennant

Recently, at the Missouri Valley History Conference in Omaha, NE, Dr. Brad Tennant (pictured in the previous However, even on the occasions when the writings were article), who is an EOTP Chapter member and Professor prolific and extensive, of History at Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Da- the most observant of kota, participated in a 3-member panel presentation enti- reports could not tled ‘Lewis and Clark Revisited’. have covered every- The panel discussed several Lewis and Clark related sub- thing that the crew of jects including adult education during President Thomas the Corps experi- Jefferson’s era and how the Corps of Discovery expedition enced, and hence was itself an ‘education’ for the men of the expedition. there would inevitably Another topic explored the similarity between an earlier be gaps in the written expedition across Canada by explorer Alexander accounts. McKenzie, and how Lewis and Clark quite likely drew upon It’s these gaps that McKenzie’s writings as a resource guide for their expedi- have provided much tion. of the fodder for con- A presentation by Dr. Tennant entitled, ‘Reading Between troversy regarding the Lines’, rounded out the trio’s discussions, where the exploits of the Tennant discussed how gaps in various passages of the members of the ex- Lewis and Clark Journals that describe key events leave pedition. room for other interpretations that differ from those about Several years ago, Dr. Craig Howe which most of us have heard or read. Dr. Tennant attended One of President Thomas Jefferson’s explicit instructions a talk by Craig Howe, PhD, Director of the Center for to the two Captains was that every man on the expedition American Indian Research and Native Studies. The sub- who could read and write would keep a journal of their ject of the talk by Dr. Howe was as Tennant expected, experiences during the entire expedition, and for the most Lewis and Clark’s 4-day stay on the stretch of river be- part, these instructions were followed by the literate mem- tween the areas that were subsequently established as bers of the Corps of Discovery. Fort Pierre and Pierre, South Dakota. The perspective Tennant expected however, was not the one that Howe presented. Howe’s dissertation, according to Tennant, was from the perspective of a member of the First Nations people, the Lakota Sioux, and was an interpretation that cast a less than positive light on the actions of both Lewis and Clark. After listening to Howe’s talk, Tennant was struck by a curiosity to review the Lewis and Clark Journals to see for himself how the writings of the men on the expedition might be open to differing interpretations. During his review of the journals, Tennant realized that there are more than several areas that contain gaps in the written accounts, and the reader is left to read between the lines as to what may have actually occurred during the Corps’ four days of encounters with the Lakota inhabitants of the Above, a Charlie Russell depiction of Lewis and Clark area now known as Fort Pierre and Pierre. meeting Indians during the Expedition. The results of Dr. Tennant’s review and research were the paper he presented in Omaha; a reprise of his origi- Except for Lewis, a superior writer who wrote very detailed nal presentation at the LCTHF Regional Meeting in Pi- accounts but would sometimes go several days without erre, South Dakota in 2009. making an entry in his journal, due to occasional bouts of You may read Dr. Tennant’s paper, ‘Reading Between depression and melancholia, the other members were reli- the Lines’ by clicking here. You will need Adobe Acrobat gious about making entries in their journals Sergeant John installed on your computer in order to view the file, and if Ordway is credited with writing an entry for each of the you don’t already have it, you may install a free file expedition’s 863 days, while Clark only missed a week in reader by clicking here. February 1805 when he was out hunting.

Ed note: Thanks to Dr. Brad Tennant for his help on this, and previous article. The Pirogue Page 5 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1

Lonis Wendt, EOTP’s & South Dakota’s Own Historian, part 1

his·to·ri·an – noun we went to the Jefferson Expansion Museum un- 1. an expert in history; authority on history. derneath the Arch. It was there as were looking at 2. a writer of history; chronicler. exhibits of our area history and the Oregon Trail

and such, and I came across exhibits and accounts Thus, the word ‘historian’ is defined. Lonis Wendt is of the Lewis and Clark Trail; and that sort of trig- a historian, however, he cannot be defined in such gered my interest in Lewis and Clark. I had always terse and matter of fact terms as the above, and to been more of a Civil War buff and a World War II do justice in defining this historian, Lonis Wendt, it buff. I read ‘The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich’ would likely take as long as he has been alive. and Churchill’s six-volume set of ‘The Gathering

Storm’, and I still have an interest in that area, but I Lonis was born and raised, and still lives with his now also enjoy my studies of Lewis and Clark and wife, Lois, in Vivian, South Dakota, population gather as much information on them as I can.” something less than 200, a small town about a mile

north of I-90 in central South Dakota, almost equi- Indeed he does, as Lonis has become known to be distant from Sioux Falls and Rapid City, and a little a regional authority with encyclopedic knowledge in many areas of the history on the lives of Meri- wether Lewis, , Thomas Jefferson, and other people of the era that were associated in one way or another with the Corps of Discovery Expedition.

But it is what Lonis does with what he learns and about which he writes, accomplishments of them- selves worthy of renowned historians anywhere, Lonis compiles accounts and stories and presents them in ways that make most listeners think could each easily be made into an HBO mini-series. A modest and generous person, Lonis devotes much of his time sharing these compilations to schools Lonis and Lois Wendt around the state and organizations such as the South Dakota State Historical Society. over 30 miles south of Pierre, the state’s capital.

The Encounters On The Prairie Chapter is fortu- Lonis served in Europe in the Army, and then con- nate of have Lonis as its Chapter Historian and tinued serving his community as a rural Postal Ser- contributor to our newsletter, having already been vice Mail Carrier near his home town of Vivian until featured in the premier issue of ‘The Pirogue’, in he retired. Having experienced WWII from the per- the article, ‘EOTP 8th Annual ‘Lewis & Clark Christ- spective of pre-teenage and early teenage boy in mas’ at the Hitching Horse!’. Vivian, it was natural that his main interests in his-

tory were the study of pre-World War II and World As we approached the end of my visit with Lonis, it War II history, until, as he recounts, was apparent that there is more to this historian,

than can be covered in a one-page article, so we “My wife taught for 28 years and I was a rural made a date to continue our conversation at a later postal carrier for 41 years, and we had never taken time. Look for ‘Lonis Wendt, EOTP’s & South Da- a real vacation in all that time except for an ex- kota’ own Historian – Part II’, in the Fall issue of tended weekend once a while, so after we retired The Pirogue. we decided to take a real vacation, and in so 1982,

with our son and daughter-in-law, all of us being Lonis may be contacted by sending an email to baseball fanatics, did a round-robin trip throughout [email protected]. the central , visiting baseball stadi- ums in Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukie, and Min- neapolis. On the way back home, we stopped in St. Louis to visit the Gateway Arch, and while there The Pirogue Page 6 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 Commemorating Lewis & Clark’s ‘Big Uneasy’ on the Missouri

In 1806, Lewis & Clark and the members of the Corps of Discovery cruised the waters of the Missouri River between what is now Fort Pierre and Pierre, South Dakota on their way home, after having journeyed all the way to Oregon’s Pacific Coast. Two years earlier as they made their way West, they had visited here with the Sioux Indians who lived here. Their 4 -day stay on this stretch of the Missouri was mixed with both happy celebration and tension filled confrontations. Now, as they made their way home, they did not wish to push their luck. Their decision to not stay and visit with the Indians was probably influenced in part by the fact that Lewis had very recently been accidentally shot in one of his buttocks during a hunting accident. Indeed, as the journals indicate, their lives were threatened by Indians challenging them to come ashore by some of the Indians whom apparently were their earlier mercurial hosts.

“Immediately after I set out, three young men set out from the opposite side and swam next me on the sand bar. I directed the men to speak to them in the Pawnee and Maha languages first, neither of which they could understand. I then directed the man who could speak a few words of Sioux to inquire what nation or tribe they belong to. They informed me that they were Tetons and their chief was the Black Buf- falo. This chief I knew very well to be the one we had seen with his band at Teton river, which band had attempted to detain us in the fall of 1804 as we ascended this river, and with whom we were near coming to blows. - (Courtesy of the )

Two hundred and four years later, almost to the day, EOTP Chapter members, cruised the same waters in commemoration of the experiences Lewis and Clark and the men of the Expedition had on their return trip.

The banks of the Missouri River of what is now Fort Pierre/Pierre, South Dakota is the home to the Lakota and Teton Sioux Na- tions. It was from the ridges of these hills that warriors of those Peoples taunted the men of the Corps of Discovery, challenging them to come ashore.

The flat-bottom boat rented for EOTP’s commemorative ‘float’ along the EOTP Chapter member Eric Raveling chose to shores of the Missouri River, while not exactly a keel boat as Lewis and experience the day on the Missouri closer to the Clark had, nonetheless provided its passengers the same views as seen water’s surface in a modern-day ‘pirogue’ also by the crew of the Corps of Discovery. known as a kayak. The Pirogue Page 7 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 Lewis & Clark’s ‘Big Uneasy’ Re-visited by EOTP

CNSI employee, Misty Nelson-Mahmood (left-front), and At the helm, ‘Captain’ Bill Stevens, keeps a vigilant eye on the Capital Journal reporter, Emily Wickstrom (right-front), made horizon for any sign of trouble, while Larry Zastrow (coffee in up part of the flat-bottom boat’s able crew. hand) and his wife, Anita are ready for any eventuality!

EOTP Chapter Historian, Lonis Wendt, described the appre- EOTP Chapter members visited the locations that were in close prox- hension of the Corps of Discover crew during their return imity to the events that occurred in this area just over two centuries passage through Fort Pierre/Pierre area 204 years ago. ago.

In spite of some erosion, the bluffs, or ‘breaks’ along the Missouri River are very much the same as they were when Lewis and Clark passed by here in 1804 and again in 1806. The Pirogue Page 8 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 EOTP Sponsors Another Corps of Re-Discovery!

Here’s how talking with friends and acquaintances about Lewis and Clark helps to keep the story alive. 25 or so. We would LOVE to meet In getting re-acquainted with my Minidoka County up with someone knowing more High School (Rupert, Idaho) friend, Charlie Needles, about the L & C itinerary in Lewis- a few months ago, thanks to the internet, we of ton about that time – as an aid to course recounted stories of back in the day, and making the trip….which will include eventually, the conversation turned to mutual friends the L & C component to Astoria, whom we knew back then, and which ones with OR, where we will plan to leave the whom we’ve kept in touch. boat for the winter by Oct 15.” We are now busy compiling as much of that infor- mation as we can and are reaching out to those One such mutual acquaintance is Larry McNeil, who LCTHF Chapters along the way who might be able is now retired and lives in Florida. I connected with to provide further information to assist our own Larry via email, and also swapped life experiences Corps of Re-Discovery in there own Expedition since high school, which for my part included my from Lewiston, Idaho to the Pacific Coast. involvement with Encounters On The Prairie and all things Lewis and Clark.

Upon seeing the extent of my involvement with Lewis and Clark, and after receiving a copy of the premier issue of The Pirogue, Larry disclosed that this summer, he and wife, Brandy, are planning to sail the Columbia River System in their 42 foot Robertson and Caine 4200 ‘Leopard’ catamaran. He further expressed his own interest in the history of Lewis and Clark and would like to learn more of the saga in addition to what he already knows, and said that if he knew the locations visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition on their way to the Pacific Coast, he would make a point of visiting as many of the same locations as possible, and in a fashion after the Corps of Discovery members, would keep a jour- nal, actually, a blog, and send in reports from the Larry and Brandy McNeil field in their journal/blog to the EOTP as to what he and his wife have encountered these 200 hundred years later. Thus, a deal was struck! According to Larry, “We plan to leave Portland for a ‘speed run’ up the rivers to Lewiston. We need to beat the regulatory spring releases for fish migration. About that time, the currents will be fast I won’t make much speed against them. Plus there is a lot of debris that comes down river with the high spring runoff about the mid- dle of April, and the whole objective of this initial run is to get LIAHONA to Lewiston before my son’s wed- ding in Atlanta June 11. Another LIAHONA! week in Atlanta/Florida will then put us in Lewiston, ready to start a lei- surely trip down stream doing all that

we have talked about by about June The Pirogue Page 9 Encounters On The Prairie Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1

*********************************************************** EOTP Road Trip to Mt. Rushmore! A Visit With a Stone-Faced Thomas Jefferson

Featuring > Jay D. Vogt’s Presentation: ‘Mt. Rushmore - The Back Story’, Thursday, April 28 at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre, SD

> The Road Trip: An EOTP caravan of vehicles to Mt. Rushmore, tentatively scheduled for June 18, 2011, watch for updates via email

*********************************************************** Being Dakota! Territorial Sesquicentennial 1861 - 2011 - History Conference Come celebrate the 150th Birthday of the Dakota Territory May 20 - 21, at the Ramkota River Centre & Cultural Heritage Center Click here to register and get Schedule of Events, and More!

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