Fort Mandan, preparing for departure — Patrick Gass: March 30, 1805
Having been busy working on the boat, the writer had not yet seen the falls, so he set out with another man to visit them. He judged the second pitch the most beautiful, though not the highest, and noted a large, beautiful spring flowing into the Missouri about a mile below the upper pitch. The party killed seven animals and saw twenty-five wolves. Others worked on the boat and dressed skins for clothing. Around 4 p.m. they finished the last of their spirits in celebration, dancing until a 9 p.m. rain shower sent them to rest.
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...engaged with the boat, that I had not visited the falls. I therefore set out with one of the men today for that purpose. I found the 2nd pitch the most beautiful, though not the highest. About a mile below the upper pitch, the largest and most beautiful spring rises on the bank of the Missouri on the south side.
...previous, we killed 7 of them. We also saw 25 wolves...
...engaged at the boat, and busy in dressing skins for clothing, until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when we drank the last of our spirits in celebrating the day, and amused ourselves with dancing till 9 o'clock at night, when a shower of rain came on, and we retired to rest.
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