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April the 2nd.. Friday (Tuesday) 1805—

a cloudy day, rained all the last night we are prepareing to
Set out all thing nearly ready. The 2d. Chief of the 2d. Mandan
Village took a miff at our not attending to him perticularly
after being here about ten days and moved back to his village.

The Mandans Killed twenty one elk yesterday 15 miles
below this, they were So Meager that they [were] Scercely
fit for use.