Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 23, 1805

wind blew so hard down the river we could not pro-. on
‘ceed, “While we lay here some of the men went to:
eee some water at a distance which appeared like a.
ver or small lake. Inthe afternoonthey returned,
nd had found it only the water of the Missouri, which pcg
ran up a a bottom. One of the men caught :
ing wolves and brought them in, and ‘the othe:
a killed some elk and rdeer, ah RIOR Ld 4
ie sdatj 25th. We set out as usual aa had’ a fine
be thse ioe ae were shui to shalt i cee aes eae 5M
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‘ Cine be owing. to he want of Hasbeps re ais.
elgck in the. afternoon, we renewed our “One. : My
. 3 and having this day advanced about 13 mR
i encampet fon the South side. tae
_-. Friday 26th. A fine day. We set out early, an: :
ae having proceeded 10 miles came at 12 o’clock to the
_ mouth of the Jaune and halted : Papin ‘Lewis and —
_ his party had not arrived. – I went up the poin Peay
9 miles, where there are the most beautiful rich a
– plains, I ever beheld. I saw a large pond op lake —~ oy
Captain. Clarke while I was absent measured bath” ae
_-Yivers ; and found the breadth of the Missouri to be See eS
tba ards of water, and 190 of a sand beach ;. tot
= Macs. That of the Yellow Stone river 297 ya |
i af Ssers and. 561-of sand; total 858 yards.
‘. – month of this river is 1883 spile s from the mouth ae
EB the Missouri ; 278 from Fort Mandan and 186. froma ;
the mouth of Little ‘Missouri. eH ae oS
1 eahe: river Jaune is shallow, and Micon beet and Pwr
_ vapid. Inthe evening Captain Lewis with his party
joined us; sand had brought with, them a bul aloe Fi
cally which folitmed them ge esky &. miles;, Wel ela. a
| ber. of calves, and found they made very ;
J… There are a great many signs of beaver
2). att of oe nepal ae “We encamped © on the a Uo &:
ea night. |
: aes ee we were Biloy at d to h oe
“e en when we again went on; and having thi
made 8 pies lak Sean on the eas pe
not ‘so. ous pra ity ‘and t
as the, mul of, the tiyer. |
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ee sik ei at 2
A miles. and nemranen on the North side i in a ie
some bottom. The bottoms here are not so large, —
and have less timber on abies than those ey the
Jaune.