Clark: December 9, 1804
On a clear Sunday morning with the thermometer at 7° above zero and an east wind, Captain Lewis took 18 men and 4 horses out to retrieve meat from the previous day's hunt and to kill more game. Both interpreters visited the nearby villages around noon. Two chiefs arrived loaded with meat, one bringing a dog and sled also packed with meat. Lewis sent back four horses loaded with meat and remained at the hunting camp, where the party killed nine buffalo.
9th December Sunday 1804 The Thermometer Stood this morning at 7° above 0,
wind from the E. Capt Lewis took 18 men & 4 horses and went out Send
in the meet killed yesterday and kill more, the Sun Shown to day Clear,
both interpeters went to the Villages to day at 12 oClock two Chiefs Came
loaded with meat one with a dog & Slay also loaded with meat, Capt.
Lewis Sent in 4 Hors’s loaded with meat, he continued at the hunting Camp
near which they killed 9 buffalow.
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9th December, Sunday, 1804. The thermometer stood this morning at 7° above 0, wind from the east. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) took 18 men and 4 horses and went out to bring in the meat killed yesterday and to kill more. The sun shone today clear. Both interpreters went to the villages today.
At 12 o'clock two chiefs came loaded with meat, one with a dog and sleigh also loaded with meat. Capt. Lewis sent in 4 horses loaded with meat. He continued at the hunting camp, near which they killed 9 buffalo.
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