Clark: December 14, 1804
On a fine but bitterly cold morning with the thermometer at zero and a southeast wind, Clark led a party of men 18 miles down the river to hunt buffalo. They spotted only two bulls too lean to bother killing, as the cows and larger herds had moved away from the river. The group settled for shooting two deer and camped overnight, hoping buffalo might appear the next morning. The night turned very cold, with snow falling.
14th December Friday 1804 a fine morning. wind from the S. E. the
murckerey Stood at ‘0’ this morning I went with a party of men down the
river 18 miles to hunt Buffalow, Saw two Bulls too pore to kill, the Cows
and large gangues haveing left the River, we only killed two Deer &
Camped all night with Some expectation of Seeing the Buffalow in the
morning, a verry Cold night, Snowed.
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14th December, Friday 1804. A fine morning. Wind from the southeast. The mercury stood at 0 this morning. I went with a party of men down the river 18 miles to hunt buffalo. Saw two bulls too poor to kill; the cows and large herds had left the river. We only killed two deer and camped all night with some expectation of seeing the buffalo in the morning. A very cold night, snowed.
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