Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 19, 1805
The party set out early, sending hunters ahead through the bottomlands while the rest loaded two sleds with meat—a smaller one pulled by the gray horse and a larger, heavily loaded one hauled by 15 men over the ice. They departed around 9 a.m. and traveled well, picking up a deer the hunters had left hanging by the river. After a dinner of broiled deer, they continued another four miles and camped on the south side in a timbered bottom, where the hunters rejoined them with six deer and an elk.
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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Sent on early 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 o'clock we set off and proceeded on very well a few 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, and took dinner on a broiled deer.
Went on about 4 miles further and camped at a timbered bottom on the south side, where the hunters joined us. They had killed in all six deer and one elk, all of which we got.
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