Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 7, 1805
been for Several days past. Some of the perogue men who came
to the Fort last night for provisions returned back this morning,
two men went up to the villages to day.
1 Clark states concisely the various activities being carried on in the little
camp; “a fine Day I am ingaged in Copying a Map, men building perogus,
makeing Ropes, Burning Coal, Hanging up meat & makeing battle axes for
Corn.”
186 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Mar. 8
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