Fort Mandan, ND George Shannon cuts his foot with an adze while building a dugout canoe. Some Hidatsas burn off dead winter grasses making the air smoky.
Digging Out a Canoe
Taken with cooperation from the Fort Mandan Visitors’ Center. Photo © 2013 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Prairie Fires
Smokey all Day from the burning of the plains, which was Set on fire by the Minetarries [Hidatsas] for an early crop of Grass as an endusement for the Buffalow to feed on—
—William Clark
Shannon’s Accident
one man Shannon Cut his foot with the ads [adze] in working at a pirogue
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of Ther. at rise
Weather wind at State of Thermt. at 4 OClock Weather at 4 Ock Wind at 4 OClock State of the River 26 [above 0] cloudy E 36 [above 0] fair E rise 2 in. —Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of Month 1805” column 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
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