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5. Raiding and hunting were occupations that the men did. Western Contact: 1. The Hidatsa and the Mandan received many European American Visitors because men were drawn by the prospect of wealth in the fur trade, exploration and national expansion, and simple curiosity. 2. Pierre de la Verendrye- opened up the western Great Lakes region. David Thompson- American fur trader, Lewis and Clark- built a 3 sided fort named Fort Mandan, Toussaint and Shoshone Charbonneau- guided Lewis and Clark westward, Prince Maximillian of Weid-Neuweid- ethnological and natural history notes were primary references on the Mandans and Hidatsas, Karl Bodmer and George Catlindrew clear portraits of the society in their transition, and John James Audubonvisited in 1843. 3. The Indians were more dependent on the Europeans for different goods. The Europeans carried and spread many diseases, such as small pox. The Arikara joined the Hidatsa and Mandan and they were later known as Three Affiliated Tribes.