Journal entry · January 3, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 3, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan (winter) · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
went out hunting this morning as the Savages Informed us that
the Buffalow were comming in towards the River, but they went
out first with their horses first & Scared them off after killing five of
them, one of our party killed a woolf they sd Saw a nomber of
buffalow. & killed one old Bull.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of January 1 to January 31, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.6 mi
Partially sourced from the National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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