Journal entry · November 18, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 18, 1804
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
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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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, Fort Mandan, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 2 to November 30, 1804
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- Fort Mandan (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.3 mi
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