Journal entry · February 23, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 23, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
employed cutting the Ice away from round the 2 perogues. to-
wards evening by hard cutting with the water up within an Inch
of filling it. Started it loose with pryzes and pulled it out on the
Ice & turned on its side, loosed the Ice from round the other.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.6 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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Fort Mandan (winter) in 360°
10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location
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