Journal entry · February 12, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 12, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
men returned with the 3 horse loads of meat, the horses came by
way of the praries. the blacksmith employed in Shewing 3 of the
horses, So as we might send them down to the hunting camp on
the Ice for meat, the lower camp is about 50 mh from this place,
late in the evening Cap4 Clark returned with all the hunting
party they informed us that they had built pens & put the meat
up Safe from the wolves, they had fleced the Greater part of it
& picked the bones.
Wednsday 13th Feby 1805. 2 men sent 18 mh clown the River
to butcher an Elk which the hunters killed yesterday and to hunt,
Snow the later part of the day. the 2 men returned had dressed
the elk but killed nothing.
1 An interesting occurrence of this day was the birth of a son to Sacajawea.
“This little volunteer recruit,” says Coues, “joined the expedition, and was
brought back safe from the Pacific coast by one of the best of mothers.”
SHEHEKE, OR UK . WHITE
“rom McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America
1805] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 181
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