Journal Entry

Fort Mandan: February 22, 1805

February 22, 1805
William Clark

Winter continued at Fort Mandan. The captains worked on reports, maps, and specimen collections to send back to President Jefferson when the keelboat returned downstream in spring. Clark refined his maps of the Missouri River based on information from Mandan and Hidatsa informants.

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