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  Clark
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  December 11, 1804
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  11th December Tuesday 1804 a verry Cold morning Wind from the north The 
  Thermomettr at (4 oClock A M at 21°) Sunrise at 21° See list# below 0 
  which is 53° below the freesing point and getting colder, the Sun Shows 
  and reflects two imigies, the ice floating in the atmespear being So thick 
  that the appearance is like a fog Despurceing 
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  Sent out three horses for meat & with Derections for all the hunters 
  to return to the fort as Soon as possible at 1 oClock the horses returned 
  loaded at night all the hunters returned, Several a little frosted, The 
  Black Cat Chief of the Mandans paid us a Visit to day continue Cold all 
  day river at a Stand 
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