Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: February 5, 1805
Mild conditions caused water to spread over the ice in several spots near the fort. With coal now prepared and ready for the blacksmith to use, Native visitors arrived bringing corn to trade in exchange for having war axes made and obtaining scrapers used to dress buffalo robes. The blacksmithing work continued to serve as an important means of obtaining food and maintaining trade relations with the surrounding tribes during the winter encampment.
So that the water Spreads over the Ice in Sundry places near
this, the Coal being ready for the blacksmith to work the Savages
bring corn to have their war axes made & to get Scrapers to dress
their buffaloe Robes with &. C.
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So that the water spreads over the ice in sundry places near this. The coal being ready for the blacksmith to work, the natives bring corn to have their war axes made and to get scrapers to dress their buffalo robes with, etc.
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