Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 18, 1805
The hunting party split duties: hunters set out early while the rest of the men relocated camp about five miles downriver to a bottom where Captain Clark's group had previously cached two elk and eleven deer in a pen, which they found undisturbed. Men packed in meat killed the previous day and set up camp at an old Indian cabin near the cache. Returning hunters added another elk and seven deer. Captain Lewis decided the group would head back to the fort the next morning. The men deboned the meat and ate the marrow.
hunters went our eairly a hunting, the remainder moved the camp
about 5 mh down the River to a bottom where cap* Clarks party
had some time before been a hunting, and had made a pen and put
up 2 Elk and 11 Deer which we found Safe as they left it. Several
men out packing in the meat which was killed yesterday we fixed
our camp at an old Indian cabbin near the meat pen. the hunters
came in had killed one Elk. & Seven deer we got the meat all
packed in, Cap* Lewis concluded that we would Start for the
Fort the next morning, we {leased the meat from the bones and
eat the marrow out of them.
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Hunters went out early to hunt. The rest of us moved the camp about 5 miles down the river to a bottom where Capt. Clark's (Capt. Clark's) party had been hunting some time before, and had made a pen and put up 2 elk and 11 deer, which we found safe as they left it. Several men were out packing in the meat that was killed yesterday. We fixed our camp at an old Indian cabin near the meat pen. The hunters came in, having killed one elk and seven deer. We got the meat all packed in. Capt. Lewis (Capt. Lewis) concluded that we would start for the Fort the next morning. We removed the meat from the bones and ate the marrow out of them.
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