Fort Mandan, ND A trader from the North West Company comes to the fort to hire Charbonneau as a translator. The day is pleasant, and Lewis plays backgammon.
Tag: William Morrison
December 18, 1804
Fort Mandan, ND Three visiting fur traders leave the fort, and Clark updates his maps using the geographic information obtained from them. Due to the cold, guard duty is shortened, and a buffalo hunt is canceled.
December 13, 1804
Fort Mandan, ND Sgt. John Ordway sends two men to Mitutanka to trade for food. Joseph Field kills two buffalo near Fort Mandan, and a trader from the North West Company visits.
December 4, 1803
Harlow Islands NWR, MO From Ste. Geneviéve, Clark takes the boats nineteen miles up the Mississippi. At old Fort de Chartres, he describes the changing river.
Discover More
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.
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