Journal entry · January 9, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 9, 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)
after part of the day blustry and exceeding cold a nomber of the
Savages out hunting the Buffalo & came in towards evening with
their horses loaded with meat and told us that two of their young
men was froze to death in the prarie [and] that Several of the
natives were missing. 2 of our party went out a hunting this
morning; they got parted from each other & one of them returned
in the evening, had Suffered considerable with the cold, we
expected nothing else but the other man had froze or would
freeze this night, a young Indian came came in the Garrison with his
feet frost bit. Several of the Savages Stayed in the fort all night.
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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
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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