Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 19, 1805
During a hunting expedition, the party killed three deer, then visited more Indian camps and took additional deer. They encamped on the south side of the Missouri on the 7th, and the next day's hunt yielded 10 elk and 18 deer. On the 9th they built a pen to protect the meat from the numerous wolves before moving downstream to camp. Returning toward the fort, they killed more elk and deer, arriving on the 12th to find that one interpreter's wife had given birth during their absence. On the 13th, three horses were shod to haul the meat home.
and there we killed three deer. The next day we went on to
more Indian camps and killed some deer. On the 7th we
encamped in a bottom on the south side of the Missouri, and
the next day turned out to hunt. We killed 10 elk and 18
deer, and remained there all night. On the 9th we built a
pen to secure our meat from the wolves, which are very nu-
merous here ; and in the evening went further down and
encamped. The next morning we set out on our return
towards the fort ; and killed some elk and deer in our way.
On the 1 2th we arrived at the fort; and found that one of
our interpreter’s wives had in our absence made an addition
to our number. On the 13th we had three horses shod to
bring home our meat.
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and there we killed three deer. The next day we went on to more Indian camps and killed some deer. On the 7th we camped in a bottom on the south side of the Missouri, and the next day went out to hunt. We killed 10 elk and 18 deer, and stayed there all night. On the 9th we built a pen to protect our meat from the wolves, which are very numerous here; and in the evening went further down and camped. The next morning we set out on our return toward the fort, and killed some elk and deer along the way. On the 12th we arrived at the fort, and found that one of our interpreter's wives had, in our absence, made an addition to our number. On the 13th we had three horses shod to bring home our meat.
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