Journal entry · December 9, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: December 9, 1804
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
was yesterday, about 10 o. C. Cap4 Lewis & 12 men went out
a hunting and concluded to leave a fiew men down in a Bottom
abe 5 mIs below in order to hunt & take care of the meat, a nom-
1 A number of the men had been frostbitten. Clark confesses that he him-
self was a little fatigued, “haveing run after the Buffalow all day in Snow many
Places 18 inches Deep, generally 6 or 8.”
1804] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 171
ber of the Savvages came to our Garrison. Some of them brought
Some fat meat and Gave to our officers. Some of the hunting
party returned in the evening with our horses loaded with fine
meat. Cap* Lewis camped with Several hunters in a Bottom 5 or
6 mls down from the Fort and took care of the meat which they
had killed in the course of the day which was about Six buffalow in
all.
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left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 1 to December 31, 1804
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