Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 11, 1804
Bitterly cold weather made hunting impossible, so men were dispatched to a downstream camp to retrieve the remaining meat and to recall the hunting party. The hunters returned after dark, reporting that they had killed four buffalo but were only able to dress two of the carcasses before the extreme cold forced them to abandon work on the other two animals.
the weather too cold to hunt, sent men down to the camp to
bring up the remainder of the meat, and orders for the hunt-
ers to return. The hunters came in at dark. They had killed
four buffaloe, and had dressed two of them. The cold was so
severe they could do nothing with the other two.
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The weather was too cold to hunt. We sent men down to the camp to bring up the remainder of the meat, and orders for the hunters to return. The hunters came in at dark. They had killed four buffalo, and had dressed two of them. The cold was so severe they could do nothing with the other two.
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