Journal entry · December 8, 1804

Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 8, 1804

Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)

feet frost-bitten. Captain Clarke and another party went
out though the cold was extreme, to hunt the buffaloe; and
killed nine and a deer. One man got his hand frozen, another
his foot; and some more got a little touched. Two men
encamped out to take care of the meat.

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