Journal Entry

Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 23, 1805

February 23, 1805
John Ordway Fort Mandan, preparing for departure Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

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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