Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 16, 1805
who remained at the village last night, returned. Captain
Lewis, myself and some others went up to the second village
and amused ourselves with dancing, &c. the greater part of
the day. In the evening we in general returned and a great
number of the natives, men, women and children, came to see
us, and appeared highly pleased.
This day I discovered how the Indians keep their horses
during the winter. In the day time they are permitted to run
out and gather what they can ; and at night are brought into
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 65
the lodges, with the natives themselves, and fed upon cotton
wood branches : and in this way are kept in tolerable case.
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