8th.
December Satturday 1804—
a verry Cold morning, the
Thermometer Stood at 12d. below
0 which is 42d. below the freesing point, wind from the NW.
I with 15
men turned out (Indians joined us on horseback shot
with
arrows rode along side of buffaloe) and killed 8 buffalow
& one
Deer, one Cow and calf was brought in, two Cows
which I killed at 7 miles
Dst. I left 2 men to Skin & keep off
the Wolves,
and brought in one Cow & a calf, in the evening
on my return to the fort Saw great numbers of Buffalow
Comeing into
the Bottom on both Sides of the river this day
being Cold Several men
returned a little frost bit, one of [the]
men with
his feet badly frost bit my Servents feet also frosted
& his P—s a little, I felt a little fatigued haveing run after
the Buffalow all day in Snow many Places 18 inches Deep,
generally 6
or 8, two men hurt their hips verry much in
Slipping down. The Indians
kill great numbers of Buffalow
to day. 2 reflectings Suns to
day.
