Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: March 29, 1805

; and rain in the morning ; but a fine forenoon after:
– it. Captain Lewis and.a.hunter went down the river
about 7 miles, to-see a very ‘large spring which rises: —
– gut of the bank of the Missouri‘ on. the south side.
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spring at the fails; and when the storm began, they
took: shelter under a bank at the mouth of a ran;
– but in five minutes there was seven feet waterinthe ~
ae os and they were very near being swept away.
They lost a gun, an umbrella and a Surveyor” Ss coni- Ghak
__ pass, and barely escaped with their lives. fis,
ee Tuesday 2nd. A fine-morning. Phe Suivepoe ©
‘compass; which had been lost wee found to’ day.”
~ The men went -out for the basgage which had ~ f
been left on the: way, and got in with the whole of i ity e,
and canoes safe. 3 ee
– In the evening, the most of the corps crossed over
to an island, to attack and rout its monarch, alarge
_ brown bear, that held possession and seemed to detys oy
all t hat. would attempt to besiege e him there. Our | aS —
troo 28) however, stormed the Blace, eave NOQgUaRtErys
and its commander fell. Our army returned 3 saad
same evening to eangy without horns suffered any
Jess. on their side. | ae