Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: November 16, 1804
A heavy, coarse white frost coated everything, including tree branches, throughout the day—thicker than any frost the writer had witnessed back in the States. The air remained dense with fog rising off the river. Construction work at the winter quarters continued, with the men raising a combined provision and smokehouse measuring 24 feet by 14 feet.
with frost which was verry course white & thick even on the Bows
of the trees all this day. Such a frost I never Saw in the States,
we continued building, raised a provision & Smoak house 24 feet
by 14 f. the air verry thick with fogg from the R.
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The frost was very coarse, white, and thick, even on the boughs of the trees, all this day. I never saw such a frost in the States. We continued building, and raised a provision and smokehouse 24 feet by 14 feet. The air was very thick with fog from the river.
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