Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 23, 1805
The crew spent the day chopping ice from around two pirogues frozen into the river. By evening, after difficult work with water rising to within an inch of filling one of the boats, they used pries to break it free, hauled it onto the ice, and turned it on its side. They also loosened the ice surrounding the second pirogue.
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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We were employed cutting the ice away from around the two pirogues. Toward evening, by hard cutting with the water up within an inch of filling it, we started it loose with pries and pulled it out onto the ice and turned it on its side, then loosened the ice from around the other.
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