Journal entry · April 7, 1805
Patrick Gass: April 7, 1805
Patrick Gass · Departure from Fort Mandan, near Washburn, ND · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan / Mandan villages vicinity, ND
with them. The commanding officers held a conversation
with these Indians; and they concluded that some of them
would go down in the boat from their village to St. Louis.
About 5 o’clock in the afternoon we left fort Mandan in
good spirits. Thirty one men and a woman went up the river
and thirteen returned down it in the boat. We had two
periogues and six canoes, and proceeded about four miles,
and encamped opposite the first Mandan village, on the North
side.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, N of Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 3.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 3.1 mi
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Historic Landmark · 3.3 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
Terrain360 · the place today
Fort Mandan / Mandan villages vicinity, ND in 360°
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