Below the Knife River Villages, fifteen men and one horse pull two sleds piled with meat towards Fort Mandan. They make about twelve miles adding even more meat as they go. At the fort, the blacksmiths continue mending and making axes to trade for corn.
Wintry Bison
Photo provided by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Pulling Heavy Sleds
we made ready and loaded the two Sleds with meat the Smallest drawn by the Gray horse. the other drawn by 15 of the party on the Ice loaded heavy . . . . Saw a Deer hanging up at the edge of the River which the hunters had killed. we took it on the Sled and proceeded on about 8 miles halted took dinner on a broiled Deer, went on about 4 miles further
—John Ordway
Smithing for Corn
a fine Day visited by Several of the Mandans to day, our Smiths are much engaged mending and makeing Axes for the Indians for which we get Corn
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of the Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thermt. at 4 oCk. P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oCk. P.M. River 4 [above 0] fair S. E 20 [above 0] fair S —William Clark[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “State of the River at
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Notes
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