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Friday 7th.. Sept. 1805.

a clear morning we set off eairly. one of the hunters killed
a prarie dogg & Sd. he Saw a village of them we halted the
Capts. went out with 10 men and drounded out one & took it
alive & kept it. it is a curious annimal much like a little dog,
& live in holes all in a compact place like a village.