Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Daily Dilemma #2
November 1804
Winter is upon you. The depth of the snow is about 18 inches. The temperature plunges below zero.
Around eight o’clock in the morning, a Mandan tribesman from the other side of the lake calls to you
to report something of significance.
You send a pirogue to fetch him and the Mandan reports the following:
“five men of the Mandan nation out hunting in a SW. direction about
eight leagues, was surprised by a large party of Seeoux [Sioux] & Panies
[Arikaras], one man was killed and two wounded with arrows and nine
horses taken.”
from the journals of William Clark
November 30, 1804
Peace is important in the area; this gives you an exceptional opportunity to show your support for the
Mandans and to display the firepower of the United States.
You and 23 men cross the river approaching the Mandan Nation. They are surprised at the size of the
party of men that has come to meet them. You discuss the events that have occurred and offer to help
the Mandans pursue—with your weapons—the Native Americans who killed one of the their young
chiefs.
The Chief is not interested. Do you seek revenge of the Mandans and go after the Sioux and Arikaras
anyway?
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We decided that we would not seek revenge on the Mandans. We thought this because if we went after the Sioux and Arikaras we would make enemies with them and might lose some men and guns. Christian thought that being enemies with just the Mandans would be better than having the Sioux and Arikaras as enemies. Both Captain Emilie and Lexi agreed at the point, but we still weren't sure if this was the best answer. Christian suggested that we vote. Captain Emilie and Lexi agreed after a short talk. Everyone voted not to chase after the Arikaras and the Sioux.
ReplyDeleteLewis and Clark decided to not chase after the Sioux and Arikaras warriors. They did not want to make two tribes of indans mad at them and did not want to lose men.
We agreed with what Lewis and Clark thought. Our reasons were almost the same. We both didn't want to lose men and we didn't want to lose firearms. We both thought it was better to have only one tribe mad instead of two.I hope we made the best decision.
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ReplyDeleteThis time our daily dilemma was should we help fight the sioux or not. first Maggie pointed out as it would insult the chiefs pride because everybody would think that he was too weak. Then I pointed out that what happened when we tried to make friends with them. Sydnee said what will we do when we are in their territory we wont be able to sleep with constant fear of death.
ReplyDeleteLater I figured out that they did help them. They helped them by putting 23 men with rifals to protect the village. Our decision was like lewis and clarks because we did not choose to hunt them down neither did they but they did help them we did not so in the end we decided not to.
Thank you for helping me with my dilemma as well
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