Journal entry · December 30, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 30, 1804
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
of the Mandans came to Trade with us. they Brought us corn &
Beans Squasshes, also a Some of their kind of Bread which they
1 Gass gives a longer and more detailed account of the day’s festivities.
The fondness of the men for dancing, particularly on occasions when, as today.
the other sex was absent, seems somewhat unusual.
1804] SERGEANT ORD WAY’S JOURNAL 175
make of pearched corn and beans mixed together & made in round
balls, they have a Sweet kind of corn which they Boil considerable
of it when it is in the milk & drys it which they keep through the
winter Season.
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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
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- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.3 mi
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