Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 16, 1805
Visitors arrived at the fort with their wives carrying loads of corn to pay the expedition's blacksmith for his work. Three men returned from a hunting trip with the horses but came back empty-handed, having brought no meat with them. Some Snake Indians who had come to the fort remained there overnight as guests of the party.
came to the Fort their Squaws loaded with corn for to pay us for
Blacksmiths work &.C. three men returned from hunting with
the horses, but brought no meat. Some of the Snake Indians
Stayed with [us] all night.
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They came to the Fort, their wives loaded with corn to pay us for blacksmith work, etc. Three men returned from hunting with the horses, but brought no meat. Some of the Snake Indians stayed with us all night.
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