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a Butifull Day, visited by the Little raven verry early this morning I am informed of the Death of an old man whome I Saw in the Mandan Village. this man, informed me that he "was 120 winters old, he requested his grand Children to Dress him after Death & Set him on a Stone on a hill with his face towards his old Village or Down the river, that he might go Streight to his brother at their old village under ground["] [1] I observed Several Mandan 〈of〉 verry old Chiefly men
Wednesday 20th Feby. 1805. a clear & pleasant morning. the hunters went on eairly we delayed a Short time to let them Git on a head. we then Set out and proceeded on verry well about 10 miles & halted broiled & eat Some meat & proceeded on a Short distance & took on 3 deer which the hunters had killed and halled on the Ice. we came about 8 miles further which took us above the Mandans Island as we call it. [2] we heard the hunters Shooting on the S. Side. we camped on the South Side the hunters came in had killed five Elk we packed in three of them and night came on so that the hunters could not find the other 2.
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