Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: February 2, 1805

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Been age Ya ond theampel, ou ie Ronh ae. “Th Hie |
Sick man bas | become better. Here we ‘Kill ed a very 2
darge brown bear, which measured three feet five ie
—4duches rotind the head; three feet eleven inches.
ana the’ neck + round the breast five feet. Ce
~Gnches; the lenst th veight (feet. 72 inches; round
the piiddle of the fore lee 23 jaches ; > and his talons oe
foe inches. and pale eights ofan inch. ee:
ae Monday. 6th. We-set sail with a fair wind. eh ;
pleasant weather. At 12 a few drops of rain fell, but –
“ait soon cleared up. We passed a river on the South y 2
| wide. about 200 yards wide; bat the water of this
ne —ytver sinks in the sand on the. side of the Missouri. eg
ee ANG went’ Slaten miles and enc camped on 1 the |
‘ Use : South side. |
ee Puesday tth. Wi e again’ set out eatly arid went |
ob very well till 12 whew it began to blow hard, and _
) ” acing all wnder sail one of our canoes turned | over. “4
cf ¢ Fortunately the acgbletihappencd: near the ehore’s 7
» ‘sand after baltine three hours we ‘were-able to goon.
ae –agein. Having. this day made sixteen miles Wwe a=
camped on the South sides «© y= ks | ie
Aa eae day 8th. eg were again very early under. ee
ee
~ ore. solbeny naa er river more spam Be :
a8 = a rereck on the South side, and halvir
ce OURNAL. ae
i me a Ms a North side, ealled by the name of Warner’s
: ereek.
oS Briday Louk. We set out early in a fair morning ; ie
~ “but having gene five miles were obliged to halt and
s dye by diving ‘the day, on account of hard: wind. ,
Some small showers of rain occasionally fell. Here
» _ ‘we killed. some deer and bufraloe and took SOC. ° 20
A ‘beaver. 7 meee
~ Saturday 11za. The morning was fine, we started ©
| Py the usual hour: at 1 passed a small creek on the
South side. This day we saw several great ranges of |
buffaloe, and ether game in plenty. Oneéof the igs Woes te
killed another large bwown bear, about the size of
the one lately killed. We came seventeen aniles and phe pis
~~ *encamped on the South side. | eae
‘ Sunday 12th, We early renewed our voyage and
had a pleasant morning ; passed some hills on the.
. North side, covered with pine and cedar, the first
_. “timber of any kind we have seen on the hills for a
‘jong time. At 1 we halted for dinner anda violent
“storm.of wind then arose, which continued unt®
-snight when some rain fell. Our. distance this day >.
«nly 184 miles. ee Pati.