Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 9, 1804
The expedition traveled along the river with high bluffs on the south side, stopping at 1 o'clock for dinner at a small creek on the south bank. Hunters had a productive day, bringing in a deer and two fawns. Several herds of buffalo were spotted on the hillsides, and one hunter killed a buffalo while Captain Clark's Black servant, York, killed two more. The party made camp at sunset on the south side of the river.
on the north side, high bluffs on the south, and at 1 o’clock
landed for dinner at a small creek on the south side. One of
our hunters brought in a deer and two fawns. This day we
saw several gangs or herds of buffaloe on the sides of the
hills : one of our hunters killed one, and captain Clarke’s
black servant killed two. We encamped at sunset on the
south side.
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
On the north side were high bluffs on the south, and at 1 o'clock we landed for dinner at a small creek on the south side. One of our hunters brought in a deer and two fawns. This day we saw several gangs or herds of buffalo on the sides of the hills; one of our hunters killed one, and Captain Clarke's (Captain Clark's) black servant killed two. We camped at sunset on the south side.
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
