Journal entry · February 25, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: February 25, 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)
and gitting rollers, brought up the peaces for the windless and
all things Got ready to hall up the pearogues on the high bank,
in the afternoon we hailed up the 2 perogues without any diffi-
culty, one of them we hailed up without the help of the windless,
we then made an attempt at the Barge but our Rope which was
made of elk Skin broke Several times, we mended it [and] got
hir cleverly Started, night came on and obledgd us to leave hir
laying on the Skids.
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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°
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