Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery passed the first winter of their epic 1804-06 expedition on the northern banks of the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. They built a small triangular encampment across the river from a friendly Mandan village. Other Mandan and Minnetaree villages were located a few miles upstream. It proved to be a cold season. In his journal, Lewis marveled at the Indians’ fortitude in extreme temperatures, which got more than 40F below z
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