Journal entry · November 4, 1804

John Ordway: November 4, 1804

John Ordway · Fort Mandan, near Washburn, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

morning, clear and pleasant, we continued raiseing our huts.
Several more of our french hands is discharged3 and one makeing
a pearogue in order to descend the Missourie & Several of the
natives come to our camp to see us build our huts, and to See our
boats &. C. we got one line of our huts raised So that we got the
Eve Beames on & all of large Timber So that it took all the men
hard lifting to put the 16 foot eve Beames.

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