Journal entry · December 9, 1804
Clark: December 9, 1804
William Clark · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
9th December Sunday 1804 The Thermometer Stood this morning at 7° above 0,
wind from the E. Capt Lewis took 18 men & 4 horses and went out Send
in the meet killed yesterday and kill more, the Sun Shown to day Clear,
both interpeters went to the Villages to day at 12 oClock two Chiefs Came
loaded with meat one with a dog & Slay also loaded with meat, Capt.
Lewis Sent in 4 Hors’s loaded with meat, he continued at the hunting Camp
near which they killed 9 buffalow.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 1 to December 31, 1804
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.3 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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