Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 4, 1805
On this pleasant day at the expedition's winter quarters, a number of Native Americans visited the camp, bringing dried meat and corn to the Corps of Discovery. The fragmentary entry notes only the agreeable weather and the trade or gift of provisions from the Indigenous visitors, with no other significant events recorded by Sergeant Ordway.
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A number of the Savages bring us dried meat and corn. The day pleasant.
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