User talk:Rood

USER: Rood

ABOUT: An American of Scandinavian heritage, Rood is passionately interested in Organic Architecture, landscaping, language, literature, music (Classics of all eras), geology, archaeology, history, art, sculpture, photography, medicine, psychology, psychiatry, religion, politics, vegetarian cooking, hiking/jogging ... you name it!

Mandan statement
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I was rooting around in the article on the Mandan and discovered a statement you added regarding Lewis & Clarke:
 * As the Mandans encouraged conjugal relations between their women and European and American explorers and fur-traders (probably in an attempt to incorporate their perception of a cultural advantage over enemy tribes), a "lighter skin color" would in time be a natural consequence. The Journals of Lewis and Clark often refer to members of the expedition being invited to spend the night in the Mandan lodges, and it was likely there that several of these men copulated freely with the women of the tribe and contracted venereal diseases.  Today the hunt for the original site of the expedition's next winter home at Fort Clapstop, Oregon, at the headwaters of the Columbia, relies on a search for the capsules of mercury which members of the expedition used to treat the disease.

This is very interesting information, but I need a source for this info. I've temporarily removed the statement until a source can be provided. Once I have that I will restore this statement to a better location in the article. I'll put your page in my watchlist. Just reply here. Thanks! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 15:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)