9th. February Saturday
1805.
The morning fair and pleasent, wind from S.E. visited by
Mr. McKinzey one of the N.W.
Company's clerks. this evening
a man by the
name of Howard whom I had given permission
to go [to] the Mandane vilage returned after the gate was
shut and
reather than call to the guard to have it opened
scaled the works an
indian who was looking on shortly after
followed his example. I convinced the Indian of the
impropryety
of his conduct, and explained
to him the risk he had
run of being severely treated, the fellow appeared
much
allarmed, I gave him a small piece of tobacco and sent him
away
Howard I had comitted to the care of the guard with a
determineation to
have him tryed by a Court-martial for this
offence. this man is an old
soldier which still hightens this
offince.
