Journal entry · January 7, 1805

Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 7, 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)

N. W. in the evening the three men returned who had been down
the River a hunting, had killed one wolf which they eat as they
had nothing else with them, they killed also 2 Deer and one
buffalo, but had Suffered considerable with the cold.

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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of January 1 to January 31, 1805

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