Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 24, 1805
ployed cutting away the Ice from round the Barge, found that
the Ice was verry thick clear under hir. we worked hard the
water came up in places untill it Got all round hir. towards even-
ing we Got large prizes and put under hir and with much adieu
1 It weighed 2,400 pounds. Clark.
184 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Feb. 25
we Got hir started loose and hoisted hir Stern up on the Ice
found She had a Small leak where the corking worked out as
She came loose, bailed the water out of hir. Got out the perogue
also.
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