Journal entry · April 6, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: April 6, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
Baggage on board the perogues in order to Set off. Some of the
Mandans Indians informed us that the RickaRee nation was all
comming up to their villages, as they Supposed to Stay and live
with them, our officers wished to wait and know their business,
as the indians sayed that they were near this on the opposite
Side of the River. So our Interpreter one of the party and two
frenchmen was Sent across the River in order to go & See if the
report was true, the wind gentle from the South.
CHAPTER VII
From Fort Mandan to Marias River, April 7 —
June 2, 1805
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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
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