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April the 5th. 1805 Thursday (Friday)

we have our 2 perogues & Six Canoes loaded with our Stores
& provisions, principally provisions, the wind verry high from
the N W. a number of Mandans Visit us to day[7]

 
[7]

Gass here mentions the prevalence of licentiousness among the Indians on the
Missouri.— Ed.