Journal Entry

Lewis: November 1, 1804

November 1, 1804
Meriwether Lewis Building Fort Mandan

Thursday November 1st 1804 The wind blew so violently during the greater
part of this day that we were unable to quit our encampment; in the
evening it abated;we droped down about seven miles and land on N.
E. side of the river at a large point of Woodland.

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