Clark: December 12, 1804
A clear, cold morning at Fort Mandan with the thermometer reading 38 degrees below zero at sunrise, briefly moderating before turning colder again. Clark lined his gloves and had a cap made from lynx fur with three-inch-long pelt. A Shoshone Indian brought in half an antelope killed near the fort. Although antelope were plentiful nearby, the men decided against hunting until they had acclimated to the extreme cold. Clark measured the frozen river from bank to bank across the ice at 500 yards.
12th December Wednesday 1804 a Clear Cold morning wind from the north the
Thormometer at Sun rise Stood at 38° below 0, moderated untill 6 oClock at
which time it began to get Colder. I line my Gloves and have a cap made of
the Skin of the Louservia (Lynx) (or wild Cat of the North) the fur near 3
inches long a Indian Of the Shoe nation Came with the half of a Cabra ko
ka or Antilope which he killed near the Fort, Great numbers of those
animnals are near our fort but the weather is So Cold that we do not think
it prudent to turn out to hunt in Such Cold weather, or at least untill
our Consts. are prepared to under go this Climate. I measure the river
from bank to bank on the ice and make it 500 yards
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12th December, Wednesday, 1804. A clear, cold morning, with the wind from the north. The thermometer at sunrise stood at 38° below 0. It moderated until 6 o'clock, at which time it began to get colder. I lined my gloves and had a cap made of the skin of the Louservia (Lynx), or wild cat of the north; the fur is nearly 3 inches long.
An Indian of the Shoe nation came with the half of a Cabra ko ka, or antelope, which he killed near the fort. Great numbers of these animals are near our fort, but the weather is so cold that we do not think it prudent to turn out to hunt in such cold weather, or at least until our constitutions are prepared to undergo this climate.
I measured the river from bank to bank on the ice and make it 500 yards.
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