Feeling rejected Captain Lewis, interpreters and the excursion party left the Hidatsa-proper Village- Menetarra and proceeded on to Awatixa Hidatsa Village - Black Moccasin's people.

Back at Fort Mandan the wind and cold prevented the party from working on the huts.

Captain Lewis, interpreters and the excursion party returned to Fort Mandan from the Awatixa Hidatsa Village.  Along with Captain Lewis were two Chiefs. 
 The Indians in the Villages had received Captain Lewis with great kindness (with the  exception of one principal Chief of the upper village - Horned Weasel, who chose not to be seen by the Captain).

Tales were circulating through the villages that the Corps were intending on joining the Sioux:
" The Menetaries, were allarmed at the tales told them by the Mandans; that we intended to join the Seaux to Cut off them in the Course of the Winter.   All those reports were contradicted by Captain Lewis with a conviction on the minds of the Indians of the falsity of those reports. "

 " at 8 oClock the Black Cat Came to see us. a fiew presents of Curious Handkerchiefs arm bans & paint with a twist of tobacco they departed at 1* oClock much pleased".

departed at 1*-  Before departure Lewis and Clark expressed to the Chiefs their concern of the actions of British trader Mr. Larocque, attempting to distribute medals and flags among their nation. 

November 29, 1804 - Mr. Larocque, a British trader, along with one of his men arrived at Fort Mandan mid-morning.   Lewis and Clark inform Mr. Larocque that he could no longer distribute British flags & medals to the surrounding villages and natives

"we informed him what we had herd of his intentions of makeing Cheifs and forbid him to give Meadels or flags to the Indians".

"This morning at 8 oClock an Indian called from the other side and informed that he had something of consequence to communicate, we sent a perogue for him & he informed us as follows: Five men of the Mandan nation out hunting was surprised by a large party of Seeous & Arikaras, one man killed and two wounded with arrows & 9 horses taken. We thought it well show a Dispostition to aide and assist them against their enemies."

The Mandan village continues to mourn the death of one of their hunters:
"the half brother of the man who was killed came over this AM".

The Corps spent the day picketing the fort and in the evening were visited by Mr. G. Henderson, a trader with the Hudson Bay Company:
" henderson was sent to trade with the Gros Ventres, or Big Bellies, so called by the french traders".

"at 11 oClock the Chiefs of the Lower village of the Mandans with maney of theire young men and 4 of the Shar-has* who had come to Smoke wit the pipe of the peace with the Mandans, we explained to them our intentions our views and advised them to be at peace." 

Shar-has*- Cheyenne Indians

" The father of the Mandan who was killed brought us a present of dried pumpkins for which we gave him some small articles. Our offer of assistance to avenge the death of his son seemed to have produced a grateful respect from him."