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Show i56 Lewis and Clttrlu's Expedition Saim·day 19. Another cloudy day. The two tradei's ~rt out on their return, and we sent two men with the horse!l thirty miles below to the hunting camll· Sunday 20. The day fair and cold. A number of Indian3 visit us with corn to exchange for articles, and to pay fol' repairs to their l10usl'hold utensils. Monday 21. rrhe weather was fine and moderate. 'fLc hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare. Tuesday 22. 'fhe cold having moderatell and the day pleasant, we attempted to cut the boats out of the ice, but at the distance of eight inches came to water, under which the ice became three feet thick, so that we were obliged to desist. Wednesday 23. The cold weather returned, the mercm·y l1aving sunk 2° below o, and the snow fell four inches dee1,· Thursday 2~. The day was colder than any we have had lately, the thermometer being at 12° below o. 'fhe hun· ters whom we sent out returned unsuccessful, and the rest were occupied in cutting wood to make charcoal. Friday 25. The thermometer was at 25() below o, the wind from N. W. and the day fair, so that the men were em· ployed in preparing coal, and cutting the boats out of the ice. A band of Assiniboins headed by their chief, called by the French, Son of the Little Calf, have arrivc<l at the villages~ Saturday 26. A fine warm day: a number of Indians dine with us: and one of our men is attacked with a violent pleurisy. Sunday 27. Another wat•m and pleasant day: we again attempted to get the boat out of the icc. 'l'he man who has the pleurisy was blooded and sweated, and we were forced to take off the toes of the young Indian who was frostbitten some time since. Our interpreter returned from the l'illages, bringing with him three of Mr. Laroche's horses \vhich he had sent in order to keep them out of the way of the Assiniboins, who are very much disposecl to steal, and who have just returned to their camp. , Up tire .Missom·i. 151 ~Ionday 28. 1'he weathea· to-day is clear and cold: we ~re obliged to abandon the plan of cutting the boat through the ice, and therefore made anoth~r attempt the next day, Tuesday 29, by heating a quantity of stones so as to \Varm the watct· in the boat, and thaw tl1e surrounding ice: but in this too we were disappointed, as all the stones on be~ ing put into the fire cracked into pieces: the weather warm and pleasant: the man with the pleurisy is recovering. Wednesday 30. The mot·ning was fair, but afterward!§ became cloudy. Mr. Laroche the trader from the northwest company paid us a visit, in hopes of being able to accompany us on our journey westward, but this pro1losal we thought it best to decline. Thursday 31. It snowed last night, and .the morning is cold and disagreeable, with a high wind from the not·thwest: \Ve sent five hunters down the river. Another man is taken with the pleurisy. Friday, February 1. A cold windy day: our hunters returned having killed only one deer. One of the Minnetarce war chiefs, a young man named ~laubukshcahokeab or Seeing Snake, came to see us and procure a war hatchet: he also requested that we would sutler him to go to war against the Sioux and Ricaras who had killed a Mant.lan some time ago: this we refusccl for reasons which we explained to him. He acknowledged that we were t•ight, and pl'omised to open his ears to our counsels. Saturday 2. 'l"'he day is fine: another deer was killed. ~1 r. Laroche who has been very anxious to go with us left the fort to-day, and one of the squaws of the l\linnetaree intcrpt• etet• is taken ill. Sunday 3. The weather is again pleasant: uisap}lointed in all our efforts to get the boats free, we occupied ourselves in making iron spikes so as to prize them up hy means of long poles. Monday 4. The morning fair and cold, the mercm·y at sunrise being 18° below o, and the wind f'1·om the northwest. |