Journal entry · January 29, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 29, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan (winter) · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
hailing Stone on hand Sleds from a Bluff below in order to heat
a large nomber of Sizeable Stone & put warter in to the pearogues
& barge & make the water hot with the Stone So as to git them
loose but come to heat the Stone they flew in peaces as soon as
they Got hot, So that we could not make use of them at all.
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