Journal Entry

Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 30, 1804

December 30, 1804
Patrick Gass Fort Mandan, North Dakota Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

returned, and had killed four deer, four wolves and a prarow.
Two men belonging to the N. W. company, who stay at the
Grossventers village, came to the fort. They say this animal
which the French call a prarow, or brarow, is a species of the
badger.

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