Journal entry · March 24, 1805

Clark: March 24, 1805

William Clark · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)

24th of March Satturday 1805 after Brackfast Mr. La Rocke and Mr. McKinsey
and the Chiefs & men of the Minetarras leave usSoon after we
were visited by a Brother of the Burnia who gave us a Vocabulary of his
Languagethe Coal & many other Mandans also visit us to Day. a
find Day in the fore part in the evening a little rain & the first
this winter

Entities mentioned in this entry

Tribes & Nations:
Cultural:

Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.

The NPS atlas for this night

Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of March 1 to March 31, 1805

NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp

360° view at this camp ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Explore the Trail at this night →

Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

Terrain360 · the place today

Fort Mandan (winter) in 360°

Lake Sakakawea to Lake Oahe · 2,567 panoramas on this trail · 466 journal entries written here Nearest capture is 1.7 mi from the tagged location.

10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location

Help improve this record

See something that needs correcting, or know a source we are missing? The archive gets better through its readers.

Send a correction

Our Partners

Follow the research

New findings, additions, and corrections from the archive. One email a month, no noise.