Patrick Gass: April 7, 1805
After a conversation with local Indians, the commanding officers arranged for some of them to travel down to St. Louis aboard the keelboat. Around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Corps departed Fort Mandan in good spirits. Thirty-one men and one woman headed upriver, while thirteen others turned back downstream in the boat. The upriver party traveled with two pirogues and six canoes, covering about four miles before making camp on the north side of the river, opposite the first Mandan village.
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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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 pirogues and six canoes, and proceeded about four miles, and camped opposite the first Mandan village, on the north side.
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