Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 1, 1804
The party worked on bringing in pickets to fortify their garrison at Fort Mandan. An Indian arrived from the Mandan village reporting that a large group, around 300 lodges of the Cheyenne nation, had come to the villages. A Scottish trader named Mr. G. Henderson, working for the Hudson's Bay Company, visited the expedition. He had brought tobacco, beads, and other goods to trade with the Mandans for furs, buffalo robes, and guns. His company's post lay eight to ten days' travel north by land.
bringing the pickets & preparing to picket in our Garrison &. C.
an Indian came from the Manden village to Inform us that a
large nomber 300 lodge of the Shian or [blank in Ms]2 nation had
come to their villages, a Scotsman3 who is tradeing at the Man-
‘ This was an inferior kind of rum distilled from sugar refuse or from coarse
molasses. Thwaites, I, 233, note 1.
1 •chiens * * * or Sharha Indians.” Clark.
3 “Mr G. Henderson.” Clark.
1804] SERGEANT ORD WAY’S JOURNAL 169
dens came to visit us. he belonged to the hudson bay company
[Ms. too worn to decipher] he brought over Tobacco Beeds &
other kinds of Goods. & traded with the Mandens for their furs &
buffalow Robes, they bring Some Guns to trade for horses &. C.
this hudsons bay compy lay Garrisoned near the N. W. Compy on
River [blank in Ms.]1 Eight or 10 days travel by land a North
course from this.
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Bringing the pickets and preparing to picket in our garrison, etc. An Indian came from the Mandan village to inform us that a large number, 300 lodges, of the Cheyenne or [blank in Ms.] nation had come to their villages. A Scotsman who is trading at the Mandans came to visit us. He belonged to the Hudson Bay Company [Ms. too worn to decipher]. He brought over tobacco, beads, and other kinds of goods, and traded with the Mandans for their furs and buffalo robes. They bring some guns to trade for horses, etc. This Hudson Bay Company lies garrisoned near the N. W. Company on River [blank in Ms.], eight or ten days' travel by land on a north course from this place.
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