Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: November 10, 1804
Visitors from the Mandan village arrived by buffalo-hide canoe, bringing the expedition some fat buffalo meat. The men completed raising one line of their huts at the winter quarters and began hewing and guttering puncheons (split logs) to use as roofing material for covering the huts. The day's work focused on the ongoing construction of the winter encampment.
came from the lBt village down in a buffaloe hide cannoe. brought
us Som fat buffalow meat, we finished raiseing one line of our
huts, commenced hughing & Guttering the the puncheen for the
purpose of covering the huts.
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They came from the first village down in a buffalo hide canoe. They brought us some fat buffalo meat. We finished raising one line of our huts, and commenced hewing and guttering the puncheons for the purpose of covering the huts.
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