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5th.. December Wednesday—1804

a cold raw morning wind from the S.E. Some Snow, two
of the NW. Company Came to See us, to let us Know they intended
to Set out for the establishment on the ossinniboin
River in two Days, & their party would Consist of 5 men,
Several Indians also visited us one brought Pumpkins or Simnins
as a preasent. a little Snow fell in the evening at which
time the wind Shifted round to N.E.