Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 22, 1805
The men worked at cutting away ice from around the barge and pirogues. As they cut through the ice in places, water gushed up over the cut areas, forcing them to stop using axes. The effort to free the boats from the ice was unsuccessful using this method, and the crew had to abandon the approach due to the rising water.
at cutting away the Ice from round the Barge & pearogues. they
Soon cut through the Ice in places, the water Gushed over where
they had cut so that they had to quit cutting with axes.
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
We worked at cutting away the ice from around the barge and pirogues. They soon cut through the ice in places, and the water gushed over where they had cut, so that they had to quit cutting with axes.
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
