10th.. of January Thursday 1805
last night was excessively Cold the Murkery this morning
Stood at 40°. below 0 which is 72°. below the freesing point,
we had one man out last night, who returned about 8 oClock
this morning. The Indians of the lower Villege turned out
to hunt for a man & a boy who had not returnd from the hunt
of yesterday, and borrow'd a Slay to bring them in expecting
to find them frosed to death[11]
about 10 oClock the boy about
13 years of age Came
to the fort with his feet frosed and had
layed out last night without fire
with only a Buffalow Robe to
Cover him, the Dress which he wore was a pr.
of Cabra
(
antelope) Legins, which is verry thin and
mockersons we had
his feet put in cold water and they are Comeing too.
Soon
after the arrival of the Boy, a Man Came in who had also
Stayed
out without fire, and verry thinly Clothed, this man
was not the least
injured. Customs & the habits of those
people has anured [them] to
bare more Cold than I thought
it possible for man to endure. Sent out 3
men to hunt Elk
below about 7 miles
