Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 7, 1805

-Rickarees with them. The command ing ‘officers
i. ybeld a conversation with these Indians ; and they
-eoncluded that some of them would go down in-the
eae from their village to St. Louis. About. 5 o’clock
“In the afternoon we left fort Mandans in good spirits.
_ Thirty one men and a woman went up the riverand | |
thirteeen returned down itin the boat. Wehadtwe
“periogues and six canoes, and proceeded about four c.
_ miles, and encamped opposite the irst Mandan vil= 4
Rae on the North side. ‘
Woh ay 8th. We set out early. and hag a , clear
aay. Ti he wind blew hard from the N, WY. At ae
ae word was assed from a canoe In the rear thatit | –
inking, when we halted in front and Captain al
went i gal to see what was OF ie fatter, : Moose :
: ie:
he
na K pavers on aie same. i idle attet Cu face ee
é The. canoe avhich had been in dist . a
nd ped received little Rael: .
is’ a squaw thes Shale: nation of Thdia . a
»to our interpreter. We expect she will ae
vice to us, when passing through that nati
he ftern oon we jee vety, ee b tufts
– ou URNAL?
ia | aie ‘The jpuiiice ‘stones | Tay very thick aediatia he
_ it, and there was a strong smell of sulphur.* We a
eame about | fourteen miles and encamped onthe
North alee os ae