Journal Entry

Clark: December 20, 1804

December 20, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota
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On a moderate Thursday with a northwest wind and the thermometer at 37 degrees above zero, the relatively mild weather allowed the party to put up the pickets along the riverside section of the fort. The river dropped slightly. Clark noted that nothing else of note occurred during the day.

20th December Thursday 1804 The wind from the N W a moderate day, the
Thermometr 37° above 0, which givs an oppertunity of putting up our
pickets next the river, nothing remarkable took place to Day river fall a
little

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20th December, Thursday, 1804. The wind from the northwest, a moderate day. The thermometer 37° above 0, which gives an opportunity of putting up our pickets next to the river. Nothing remarkable took place today. River fell a little.

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