Fort Mandan (winter) — Joseph Whitehouse: January 5, 1805
A cloudy, cold day at the winter camp. The three hunters who had set out down the river hunting on January 4th returned on the 7th. They reported having nothing to eat for the first two days except a single wolf they killed, which they said tasted quite good. After that, they managed to kill four deer and two more wolves. The weather remained very cold, and nothing else of note had occurred since the 5th of the month.
a cloudy cold day. the 3 hunters which who went down the
river a hunting on the 4′!’ Ins! returned on the 7- Ins! they
informed us that they had nothing the 2 first days to eat only
one wolf which they killed, they informed us that it eat very
well, they killed after that 4 Deer & 2 wolves, the weather
continued verry Cold, nothing else remarkable hapened Since
the 5′.^ Instant.
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A cloudy cold day. The 3 hunters who went down the river hunting on the 4th instant returned on the 7th instant. They informed us that they had nothing to eat the first 2 days except one wolf which they killed; they informed us that it ate very well. They killed after that 4 deer and 2 wolves. The weather continued very cold. Nothing else remarkable happened since the 5th instant.
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