17th.. December Monday 1804—
a verry Cold
morning the Thmt. Stood a[t] 45° below 0.
We found Mr. Henny a Verry
intelligent Man from whome
we obtained Some Scetches of the Countrey
between the Mississippi
& Missouri, and
Some Sketches from him, which he
had obtained from the Indins. to the West of this place also the
names and charecktors of the Seeaux &c. about 8 oClock
P M. the
thermometer fell to 74° below the freesing pointe.
the Indian Chiefs
Sent word that Buffalow was in our Neighbourhood,
and if we would join them, in
the morning they
would go and kill them.
