Journal Entry

Clark: December 28, 1804

December 28, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota
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Strong winds from the previous night continued, with heavy frost falling like snow. Clark notes nothing particularly remarkable occurred during the day. Snow drifted across the landscape, blowing from one river bottom to another and from the level plains into the hollows. The brief entry reflects a quiet, cold winter day at the expedition's encampment with no significant events, visitors, or decisions to report.

28th of December Friday 1804 blew verry hard last night, the frost fell
like a Shower of Snow, nothing remarkable to day, the Snow Drifting from
one bottom to another and from the leavel plains into the hollows &c

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28th of December, Friday, 1804. It blew very hard last night, and the frost fell like a shower of snow. Nothing remarkable today. The snow is drifting from one bottom to another, and from the level plains into the hollows, etc.

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