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Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 17, 1805

February 17, 1805
John Ordway Fort Mandan, preparing for departure Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

in different directions, aiming to drive the Game in to the bottom
of wood as much as possable So that the best hunters who was
in the bottom might kill them, they all returned in the evening
had killed 10 deer and 4 Elk. packed Some of them in hung up
the remainder on trees so as to keep the wolves from it.

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