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Journal entry · November 2, 1804

Patrick Gass: November 2, 1804

Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan construction site, near Washburn, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

went up to the first village of the Mandans, who gave us some
corn. Captain Clarke and the rest of our party, having dropt
half a mile lower down the river, began to clear a place for a
camp and fort. We pitched our tents and laid the founda-
tion of one line of huts.

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