Fort Mandan, North Dakota — John Ordway: November 19, 1804
The weather turned pleasant and moderate. The party daubed the storehouse and smokehouse, with everyone busy at various tasks. Around 3 p.m., the hunters returned in the pirogue loaded with a substantial haul of game: 5 buffalo, 11 elk, and 30 deer, along with several kinds of small game whose skins they also brought back. The men stored all the meat by hanging it on poles in the roofs of the meat house and smokehouse.
weather moderated as the day is pleasant, we dobbed the Store &
Smoak house, all hands employed at different Sort of work, ab*
3 o.C. P.M. our hunters arived with the pearogue loaded with
meat consisting of 5 buffalow 11 Elk & 30 Deer also Several kinds
of Small Game of which they brought the Skins, all the meat
we put up on poles in the Roofs of our meat & Smoak houses.
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The weather moderated as the day is pleasant. We daubed the store and smokehouse. All hands were employed at different sorts of work. About 3 o'clock P.M. our hunters arrived with the pirogue loaded with meat, consisting of 5 buffalo, 11 elk, and 30 deer, also several kinds of small game, of which they brought the skins. All the meat we put up on poles in the roofs of our meat and smoke houses.
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