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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.