Journal entry · January 29, 1805
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 29, 1805
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan (winter) · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
water craft disengaged from the ice: which was to heat water
in the boats, with hot stones; but in this project we failed,
as the stones we found would not stand the fire, but broke to
pieces.
IF ednesday 30th. 1 went up the river and found another
kind of stones, which broke in the same manner: so our bat-
teaux and periogues remained fast in the ice.
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Fort Mandan, ND (left shore)
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