Journal entry · March 7, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — John Ordway: March 7, 1805
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
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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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of March 1 to March 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.
Terrain360 · the place today
Fort Mandan (winter) in 360°
10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location
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