The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online February 27, 1805 2004 University of Nebraska Press and University of Nebraska Libraries–Electronic Text Center Lincoln, Nebraska
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Meriwether Lewis William Clark Gary E. Moulton Thomas W. Dunlay, Assistant Editor The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volume 3 August 25, 1804–April 6, 1805 University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London 1987 303 John Ordway Charles Floyd Gary E. Moulton The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volume 9 The Journals of John Ordway and Charles Floyd University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London 1995 118 Joseph Whitehouse Gary E. Moulton The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volume 11 The Journals of Joseph Whitehouse, May 14, 1804–April 2, 1806 University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London 1997 128

47.2893 -101.3295 The company backtracks to the site of Fort Mandan, between the first and second villages they came across. About 14 miles west of Washburn, ND. They remained here for the winter and set out again on 1805-04-07 Journals Journal Entries 2004-04-07 Laura WeaklyInitial creation 2016-010-06 Brian Pytlik Zillig Converted from P4 to P5. 2016-09-26 Karin DalzielAdded Geo Information from spreadsheet February 27, 1805

Clark 27th of February Wednesday 1805

a fine day, prepareing the Tools to make perogues all day—    a feiw Indians visit us to day, one the largest Indian I ever Saw, & as large a man as ever I Saw, I commence a Map of the Countrey on the Missouries & its waters &c. &c—

Ordway

Wednesday 27th Feby. 1805.    a beautiful pleasant Morning.    we fixed Skids under the Barge So as to have hir lay Safe without takeing any Injury.    moved the 2 perogues along the N. Side of the line of huts So as to keep the Sun from cracking them.—    16 men Got their tools in order to make 4 perogues    4 men destined to make each perogue.    the commanding officers mean to leave the Barge here in the Spring, and go on with 5 perogues one old one as they will be much better to Go from this place to the head of the Missouri.

Whitehouse

Wednesday febry 27th    We have still fine weather; the Men were employed cutting wood for to burn Coal, and falling of large Trees for to make Pettyaugers.    The natives (Indians) came to our Fort, to get our Men to do some work for them, and brought with them some Corn to pay for it—

Perhaps the original of the 1805 map (Atlas maps 32a, 32b, 32c), if that had not been started long before. Perhaps to make tomahawks. See Clark's entry for January 28, 1805, and Lewis's for February 5. But see also Whitehouse's entry of March 1, 1805.