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November thur. 1st.. 1804.[1]

THE wind blew So fresh from the South that we Could
not Get Under Way at the time appointed as the
Officers Intended falling down the the river before two
oclock P. M., to the place that the[y] wishd. to build a fort.
at dark we arivd. with the boat and Peirouges 91/2 Miles below
the 2nd.. vilage of Mandans at a piece of woods On the N. E.
Side whare we Commenced building the fort.

 
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At this point begins handwriting No. 2, and continues over five pages of the MS.,
comprising the entries from November 1 to December, 2 inclusive.—Ed.