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25th.. of January 1805 Friday

we are informed of the arrival of a Band of assniboins at
the Villages with the Grand Chief of those Tribes Call[ed] the
(Fee de petite veau) (Fils de Petit veau) to trade, one of our
interpeters & one man Set out to the Big Belley Camp opposit
the Island, men employ'd in Cutting the Boat out of the ice,
and Collecting Coal wood.