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Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 27, 1805

March 27, 1805
John Ordway Fort Mandan, preparing for departure Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

all the perogues down to the Fort and went at prepareingthem and
Gitting everry thing ready to Set out on our voyage, the Ice
kept Breaking and Starting the Most of the day.

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