John Ordway: November 2, 1804
Some men down the Bottom to look for a place to Build our huts,
they Returned Shortly had found a Good place a Short distance
down where the[re] was an Indian camp in a grove of large cotton-
wood Timber. Sevral Indians at sd camp Cap* Lewis & Several
of the party went in a pearogue up to the 1st village of the Mandans
in order to Git corn, we droped down a Short distance farther
to a body & Bottom of large Timber where we commenced falling
Timber, and fixing a camp close by the place where we intend for
to build.1 pitched our tents & laid the foundation of one line of
our huts, which consisted of 4 Rooms 14 feet Square, the other
line will be the Same2 Cap* Lewis retorned. brought us 10 or
12 bushels of Good corn, we find the cottonwood Timber will
Split Tollorable well, and as their is no other building timber in
this bottom we expect to Split punchin to cover the huts with
one of our french hands is discharged & gone down the river.
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