Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 20, 1805
A hunting party that had traveled about 25 miles downriver with sleds to retrieve meat was attacked by an unidentified group of Indians, who stole their horses, returned only one, and left without further harming the men. The men returned that night to report the incident. At midnight, Captain Lewis called for twenty volunteers, who quickly assembled. Early the next morning, the party set out with some Indians accompanying them, marched thirty miles, and made camp in some Indian huts.
and sleds to bring home our meat; and had gone down about
25 miles when a party of Indians (they did not know of what
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nation) came upon them and robbed them of their horses one
of which they gave back, and went off without doing the men
any further injury. The same night the men came back and
gave information of what had happened. At midnight Cap-
tain Lewis called for twenty volunteers who immediately turned
out. Having made our arrangements, we set out early accom-
panied by some Indians ; and having marched thirty miles
encamped in some Indian huts.
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and sleds to bring home our meat; and had gone down about 25 miles when a party of Indians (they did not know of what nation) came upon them and robbed them of their horses, one of which they gave back, and went off without doing the men any further injury. The same night the men came back and gave information of what had happened. At midnight Captain Lewis called for twenty volunteers who immediately turned out. Having made our arrangements, we set out early accompanied by some Indians; and having marched thirty miles, camped in some Indian huts.
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