Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 6, 1804
On a clear day, the party traveled past bluffs on the south side and timbered bottomlands on the north. Around 11 a.m. they came upon an attractive bottom where a band of the Arikara (Rees) had wintered the previous year, finding abandoned earth-covered round huts, buffalo-hide watercraft, and garden produce such as squashes. Continuing on, they passed a small creek on the south side and another pleasant bottom on the north before making camp for the night on a sand beach along the north shore.
clear day; passed bluffs on the south side and a bottom cov-
ered with timber on the north. About 11 we passed a hand-
some bottom, where a band of the Rees lived last winter.
They had left a number of round huts covered with earth,
some of their water craft made of buffaloe hides, and some
garden truck, such as squashes. We proceeded on and passed
a small creek on the south side ; a handsome bottom on the
north; and encamped on a sand beach on the north side.
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Clear day. We passed bluffs on the south side and a bottom covered with timber on the north. About 11 we passed a handsome bottom, where a band of the Rees lived last winter. They had left a number of round huts covered with earth, some of their watercraft made of buffalo hides, and some garden produce, such as squashes. We proceeded on and passed a small creek on the south side; a handsome bottom on the north; and camped on a sand beach on the north side.
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