Journal entry · November 18, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: November 18, 1804
John Ordway · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
& Smoak house bringing it up with Timber cross drawing in, So as
to -answer with chinks & dobbing [daubing] & covering with earth
& ashes for the covering without plank, as it is Troublesom to Git
any more than to cover our huts, ab* noon a chief2 came down
from the village, his Squaw brought a back load of corn in ears
for us.
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left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 2 to November 30, 1804
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- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.3 mi
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