Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 28, 1804
Patrick Gass and several men went down the river to hunt. That evening, one of the expedition's interpreters returned to Fort Mandan along with another Frenchman who had accompanied him on a fur-trading trip to the Assiniboin nation. Both men were severely frostbitten, with the skin peeling from their faces. Their guide was so badly frozen that they had to leave him behind with the Assiniboins. Gass notes that the Assiniboin nation lives near the Rocky Mountains, roughly 90 miles from Fort Mandan, though a footnote questions this distance.
went down the river to hunt with our men. In the evening
one of our interpreters and another Frenchman who had gone
with him to the Assiniboins for fur returned. They had their
faces so badly frost bitten that the skin came off; and their
guide was so badly froze that they were obliged to leave him
with the Assiniboins. This nation lives near the Rocky Moun-
tains, and about 90 miles from fort Mandan.*
*It is presumed, no part of the great chain of Rocky Mountains comes as near as
90 miles to fort Mandan; but it is not improbable that there may be a mountain,
connected with them, which runs a considerable distance eastward along the great
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I went down the river to hunt with our men. In the evening, one of our interpreters and another Frenchman who had gone with him to the Assiniboins for fur returned. Their faces were so badly frostbitten that the skin came off, and their guide was so badly frozen that they were forced to leave him with the Assiniboins. This nation lives near the Rocky Mountains, and about 90 miles from Fort Mandan.*
*It is presumed that no part of the great chain of Rocky Mountains comes as near as 90 miles to Fort Mandan; but it is not improbable that there may be a mountain, connected with them, which runs a considerable distance eastward along the great
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