Clark: March 20, 1805
On Wednesday, March 20, 1805, Clark took as many men as could be spared from Fort Mandan to work on the canoes being prepared for the journey downriver once the ice cleared. The crew hauled four canoes about a mile and a half through the bottomland to the river. A number of Indians were present at the work site. During the day, Clark visited the chief of the Mandans and smoked a pipe with him and several elders. The weather was cloudy with a hard wind from the north.
I visited the Mandans on the 20th & have the canoes taken to the
River, ready to Decend to the fort when the River Clears,
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Fort Mandan 20th March Wednesday 1805. I with all the men which could be
Speared from the Fort went to Canoes, there I found a number of Indians
the men carried 4 to the River about 11/2 miles thro the Bottom, I visited
the Chief of the Mandans in the Course of the Day and Smoked a pipe with
himself and Several old men. cloudy wind hard from N.
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I visited the Mandans on the 20th and had the canoes taken to the river, ready to descend to the fort when the river clears.
Fort Mandan, 20th March, Wednesday 1805. I, with all the men who could be spared from the fort, went to the canoes. There I found a number of Indians. The men carried 4 to the river about 1 1/2 miles through the bottom. I visited the Chief of the Mandans in the course of the day and smoked a pipe with himself and several old men. Cloudy, wind hard from the north.
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