Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 18, 1804
On a clear, pleasant day, the expedition traveled past timbered land on the south bank and hills and prairies on the north, passing an island and numerous sandbars. The party killed eleven deer and a wolf during the day's hunt, then halted and made camp on the south side of the river to jerk their meat. The entry also notes that the previous day, Captain Lewis had shot an unfamiliar bird of prey resembling a magpie, uncommon in the eastern states.
clear and pleasant : passed some timber land on the south
side, and hills and prairies on the north ; also an island and
a great number of sand bars. Yesterday captain Lewis while
hunting killed a bird not common in the states : it is like a
magpie and is a bird of prey. This day we killed eleven deer
and a wolf, and halted and encamped on the south side of the
river in order to jirk our meat.
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Clear and pleasant. We passed some timbered land on the south side, and hills and prairies on the north; also an island and a great number of sand bars. Yesterday captain Lewis (Capt. Lewis), while hunting, killed a bird not common in the states: it is like a magpie and is a bird of prey. This day we killed eleven deer and a wolf, and halted and camped on the south side of the river in order to jerk our meat.
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