Journal entry · November 19, 1804
Clark: November 19, 1804
William Clark · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
19th of November 1804 our hunters return with 32 Deerr, 12 Elk & a
Buffalow Ice ran which detained the huntes much Cap lewis visit the Me ne
tar rees, the 25th and returned the 27th of Nov. with 2 Chiefs &c.
&c. and told me that 2 Clerks & 5 men of the N W Company &
Several of the hudsons Bay Company had arrived with goods to trade with
the Indians a Mr. La Roche & Mc Kinzey are the Celerks (Distant 150
Miles across)
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19th Novr. Monday a Cold day the ice Continue to run our Perogue of
Hunters arrive with 32 Deer, 12 Elk & a Buffalow, all of this meat we
had hung up in a Smoke house, a timeley supplySeveral Indians here
all daythe wind bley hard from the N. W. by W. our men move into
their huts, Several little Indian aneckdts. told me to day
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left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 2 to November 30, 1804
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