Fort Mandan, ND Fur trader François-Antoine Larocque comes to get his compass fixed and to check on his horses. The captains deny his request to join the expedition.
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 rise 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.
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.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. A unit of the National Park System, the site is located at 564 County Road 37, one-half mile north of Stanton, North Dakota. It has exhibits, trails, and a visitor center.
Notes
↑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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