Clark: December 11, 1804

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

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