Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 19, 1805
Hunters set out to join others already with the natives. That evening, one of the original hunters returned to the fort with news that the party had killed a buffalo, a wolf, and two porcupines, but that one man had badly frozen his feet and could not return on his own. Warm weather on the 15th and 16th melted the snow quickly, and horses were sent to retrieve the injured hunter, whose feet proved less damaged than feared. On the 17th, cold returned with strong north winds and freezing temperatures.
hunters went out to join those with the natives. In the even-
ing one of the hunters that first went out, returned. They
had killed a buffaloe, a wolf and two porcupines : and one of
the men had got his feet so badly frozen that he was unable
to come to the fort.
During the 15th and 16th the weather was warm, and the
snow melted fast. Horses were sent for the lame man, and
he was brought to the fort ; his feet were not so bad as we
had expected.
On the 17th it became cold ; the wind blew hard from the
north, and it began to freeze.
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Hunters went out to join those with the natives. In the evening one of the hunters who first went out returned. They had killed a buffalo, a wolf, and two porcupines; and one of the men had gotten his feet so badly frozen that he was unable to come to the fort.
During the 15th and 16th the weather was warm, and the snow melted fast. Horses were sent for the lame man, and he was brought to the fort; his feet were not as bad as we had expected.
On the 17th it became cold; the wind blew hard from the north, and it began to freeze.
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