Journal entry · January 21, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 21, 1805
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan (winter) · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
the fort, and brought with them three horse load of venison
and elk meat.
The weather on the 22nd and 23rd was warm, and we com-
menced cutting the ice from about our craft, in order to get
them out of the river. The snow fell about three inches deep.
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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of January 1 to January 31, 1805
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