Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 21, 1805
Hunters returned with three horse-loads of meat, having killed three elk, four deer, a fox, two porcupines, and a hare. Local Native people brought in a considerable amount of corn to pay for blacksmithing work done at the fort. Two men traveled up to the Gros Ventres village to trade wolf skins with North West Company traders, receiving three feet of twist tobacco for each skin.
had killed 3 Elk 4 Deer & one fox two porcupine & a hare, they
Brought in three horse loads of the Meat, the Savages bring con-
siderable Corn to day, to pay for their Black Smiths work. 2
men went up to the Grossvarntars village to trade Some woolf
Skins with the N. W. Compy Traders for Tobacco, they Got 3
feet of twist tobacco for each Skin.
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had killed 3 Elk, 4 Deer, one fox, two porcupines, and a hare. They brought in three horse loads of the meat. The Savages brought considerable corn today to pay for their blacksmith's work.
2 men went up to the Grossvarntars (Gros Ventres) village to trade some wolf skins with the N. W. Company Traders for tobacco. They got 3 feet of twist tobacco for each skin.
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