Journal entry · April 6, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: April 6, 1805
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
morning we heard that some of the Rickarees had come
up to the Mandan villages. Our interpreter and some of the
men were sent over to ascertain the truth of the report ; and
we were detained all day waiting their return.
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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
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