Wied-Neuwied’s Journal Pages
In this project, I argue that over the winter of 1833–34 Fort Clark constituted a Middle Ground space, actively co-created between non-Native fur company personnel and the five villages of the Awatíkihu. The basis for this argument is the exchange processes that one sees repeatedly in Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied’s journals. This project section presents a portion of this exchange, as recorded by Wied-Neuwied in thirty-five journal entries involving Numak'aki chief Mató-Tópe. (View Sources.)
The timeline above allows you to navigate to any particular entry—simply click on a date, then click the hyperlinked date that appears at the top of the timeline. A single thumbnail represents the day’s exchange, though on the specific page you may find as many as five or six representative images.
Alternatively, you can read the entries in chronological order by clicking on the “Begin with . . .” blue navigation button below. The adjacent backward arrows («) will take you to the previous page in the path, while the greyed section title above each entry’s date will return you to the timeline.
To see an image file in greater detail, or to find all other citations of the file throughout the project, click an image to pull up its detailed Media page. You can then travel to other project locations through the citational hyperlinks or click the 
at the top right to return to your original entry page.
Photographs of the source journals in old German, written in Wied-Neuwied’s hand, are found at the bottom of each journal page. Click on the image to operate its zoom capability.
Hyperlinks in each entry connect you to a host of other locations within the project: media files, other journal entries, or thematic and figure pages. Hover over a link and a tooltip will appear to let you know where the link will take you. Once there, a blue “Return” button at the top right will bring you back to your original page (as does the browser back button), if desired. You can also continue forward, making your own choice from the various options linked to the new page.
The Table of Contents for the entire project is always available in the top left corner.
The Recent Menu displays recently visited pages, useful for retracing one's steps.
