Journal entry · December 13, 1804

Clark: December 13, 1804

William Clark · Fort Mandan, North Dakota

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, Fort Mandan, ND

13th December Thursday 1804 The last night was verry Clear & the frost
which fell Covered the ice old Snow & thos parts which was naked 1/6
of an inch, The Thermotr. Stands this morning at 20° below 0, a fine day.
find it imposible to make an Observation with an artifical Horsison Joseph
Fields kill a Cow and Calf to day one mile from the fort river falls

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left shore, Fort Mandan, ND

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 1 to December 31, 1804

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