Fort Mandan (winter) — Joseph Whitehouse: January 7, 1805

Some Snow fell this morning, the rest of the men came
from the village, about lo oClock Cap^ Lewis & the rest of
the party who had not been went up to the 2°? village, we
danced and amused our Selves the greater part of the [day]
which pleased the natives &c. in the evening the most of the
men returned home, the natives keep their horses in their
lodges with themselves every cold night dureing the winter
Season & feed them on nothing but the branches of cotton
wood which they cut off the Bark, which is Sweet & good,
they live on it & look tollarably well.