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FORT ATKINSON STATE HISTORICAL
PARK ( NEBRASKA)
FIRST COUNCIL COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE |
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Life-size statues commemorate and interpret the "First
Council" between Captains Lewis and Clark of the Corps of Discovery and
chiefs of the Oto and Missouria Indian nations on August 3, 1804. This
exhibit is located at the Fort Atkinson State Historic Park in Fort
Calhoun, Nebraska, on the site of the "Council Bluff" where the historic
meeting took place. The realistic representation depicts Captains Lewis
and Clark in full-dress military uniforms, assisted by a
trader-interpreter named Fairfong (or Fairlong) and Lewis's dog "Seaman".
Sculptor ~
Oreland C.
Joe
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August 3, 1804:
"Our party paraded and delivered a long speech to them
expressing our journey, the wishes of our government, some advice to them... The
principal Chief for the Nation being absent, we sent him the
speech flag, peace medal,
and some clothes."
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