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On the way to our this park we stopped in Jamestown, ND to see a herd of buffalo. They also have an albino buffalo named White Cloud considered to be sacred creatures by many Native American people. To some, they are a symbol of peace, unity and hope. To others, they are a sign of great changes in the world. To all, they are a blessing.
“For it was the White Buffalo Cow Woman who, in the beginning, brought to us our most sacred pipe, and from that time we have been relatives with the four-leggeds and all that amoves. Tatanka, the buffalo, is the closest four-legged relative that we have, and they live as a people, as we do.”—Black Elk, The Sacred Pipe, 1953.
White Cloud also has an albina baby, Dakota Miracle, born in the spring of 2007. We saw the herd at the Buffalo Museum.
Ft. Abe Lincoln State Park is a great place. Once again there were not many campers there and the campground was nice.
Fort Abraham Lincoln was once an important infantry and cavalry post. It was from this fort that Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry rode on their ill-fated expedition against the Sioux at the Little Big Horn. We toured the house where he lived with Mrs. Colonel Custer. The original house burned down not long after the Custers moved in and this house was built. Mrs. Custer made some changes from the original house. Apparently she was a little stuffy. She had her curtains from back home sent out to this house. She would talk to visitors at length about her curtains.
There is also a reconstructed Mandan Indian village. The earthlodges show the lifestyle of the Mandan Indians who occupied this site from about 1575-1781, The village is called On-A-Slant Indian Village. It was built on the bank of the Missouri River.
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