Journal entry · December 29, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 29, 1804
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
flower [interpreter’s floor] a Great nomber of the natives men
women & children visited us the whole day as we Got the Black-
smiths Shop fixed they Brought their Squaw axes & kittle to fix
and mend for which they Gave us corn & beans Squasshes & C.
one man who went out hunting to day killed a woolf & kept it
for the tradors who Give as much for a woolf Skin as a Beever
Skin. N. B. an Indian Stole a drawing nife. took it again.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 1 to December 31, 1804
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.3 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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Fort Mandan (winter) in 360°
10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location
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