Clark: February 27, 1805
On a fine Wednesday at Fort Mandan, the men spent the day preparing tools for building pirogues in anticipation of the spring journey upriver. A few Indians visited, including one whom Clark described as the largest Indian and one of the largest men he had ever seen. Clark also began work on a map of the country covering the Missouri River and its tributaries.
27th of February Wednesday 1805 a fine day, prepareing the Tools to make
perogues all daya feiw Indians visit us to day, one the largest
Indian I ever Saw, & as large a man as ever I Saw, I commence a Map of
the Countrey on the Missouries & its waters &c. &c.-
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27th of February, Wednesday, 1805. A fine day. Spent all day preparing the tools to make pirogues. A few Indians visited us today, one of them the largest Indian I ever saw, and as large a man as I ever saw. I began a map of the country on the Missouri and its waters, etc., etc.
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