Journal entry · February 28, 1805
Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: February 28, 1805
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan, preparing for departure · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
miles, where we found and cut down trees for four canoes.
While we were absent an express arrived from the Rickarees
village with news that the Sioux had declared war against us,
and also against the Mandans and Grossventers. They had
boasted of the robbery of the 14th at the Rickarees village in
their way home, and that they intended to massacre the whole
of usin the spring. By this express we therefore found out
that it was the Sioux who had taken the horses from our men.
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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 1805
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