Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: April 5, 1805
The party spent the day sorting and dividing supplies into proportional shares for each pirogue, then loaded all the pirogues in preparation for departing on the next leg of the journey. Strong winds from the northwest blew throughout the day. Despite the loading being completed, the high winds appear to have kept the expedition from actually setting out, leaving them ready to start but still in camp.
loading and divided a proportion of each sort for each perogue,
and loaded all the perogues and got ready for a Start, on our
Journey, the wind high from the N. W.
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Loading, and divided a proportion of each sort for each pirogue, and loaded all the pirogues and got ready for a start on our journey. The wind high from the N.W.
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