Journal entry · February 20, 1805
Clark: February 20, 1805
William Clark · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
Fort Mandan 20th February Wednesday 1805 a Butifull Day, visited by the
Little raven verry early this morning I am informed of the Death of an old
man whome I Saw in the Mandan Village. this man, informed me that he “was
120 winters old, he requested his grand Children to Dress him after Death
& Set him on a Stone on a hill with his face towards his old Village
or Down the river, that he might go Streight to his brother at their old
village under ground”I observed Several Mandan verry old Chiefly men
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.6 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Terrain360 · the place today
Fort Mandan (winter) in 360°
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