Fur trader François-Antoine Larocque comes to Fort Mandan to have his compass fixed and to check on his horses that are being kept safe from visiting Assiniboines. The captains deny his request to join the expedition.
Fort Mandan (Reconstruction)
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Mr. Larocque’s Rejection
Mr. La Rocke [François-Antoine Larocque] paid us a Visit, & we gave him an answer respecting the request he made when last here of accompanying us on our Journey &c. [Nicholas Biddle: refused]
—William Clark
Heated Rocks Fail
I went up the river and found another kind of stones, which broke in the same manner: so our batteaux and periogues remained fast in the ice.
—Patrick Gass
Weather Diary
Ther. at rise
Weather Wind at Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River 6 [above 0] cloudy N W 14 [above 0] cloudy N W raise 1 in. —Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
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Fort Mandan is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The North Dakota Department of Parks and Recreation manages a modern reconstruction and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center located at US Hwy 83 and ND Hwy 200A.
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Notes
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