Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 30, 1805
The party traveled along the river to another bluff searching for a type of stone that wouldn't crack when heated. They brought a sample back and tested it by heating, but discovered it was the same kind as before, bursting apart once hot. With no suitable heat-resistant stone available, the men abandoned this plan.
the River to an other bluff in order to look for another kind of
Stone that would not Split with heat he brought one home & het
1805] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 179
it found it was the Same kind of the other as soon as it was hot
it bursted asunder So we Gave up that plan.
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the river to another bluff in order to look for another kind of stone that would not split with heat. He brought one home and heated it, found it was the same kind as the other. As soon as it was hot it burst asunder, so we gave up that plan.
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