Journal entry · February 19, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 19, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
sent on eairly to hunt through the bottom as [we] were Going
home, we made ready and loaded the two Sleds with meat the
Smallest drawn by the Gray horse, the other drawn by 15 of the
party on the Ice loaded heavy, about 9 oClock we Set off & pro-
1805] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 183
ceeded on verry well a fiew miles saw a Deer hanging up at the .
edge of the River which the hunters had killed, we took it on the
sled and proceeded on about 8 miles halted took dinner on a
broiled Deer, went on about 4 miles further and camped at a
timbered bottom s. side where the hunters joined us had killed
in all Six Deer & one Elk which we got them all.
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