Journal entry · November 30, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 30, 1804
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Mandan (winter)
passed black bluffs on the south side, and handsome prairie
bottom on the north ; saw an Indian on the shore, and the
chief we had on board spoke to him. He said he wished to
come on board and go with us to the Rees; but we did not
take him. The wind was fair and we made 9 miles by 10
o’clock. We saw a great number of Indians coming down
to the river on the south side. We stopt for breakfast about
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200 yards from the shore : then proceeded about a mile ; near
to the place where the Indians were encamped on the south
side ; we halted and spoke to them and then went on under a
fine breeze of wind.
A short time before night, the waves ran very high and
the boat rocked a great deal, which so alarmed our old chief,
that he would not go any further. We encamped on the
north side.
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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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