Clark: December 12, 1804

12th December Wednesday 1804 a Clear Cold morning wind from the north the
Thormometer at Sun rise Stood at 38° below 0, moderated untill 6 oClock at
which time it began to get Colder. I line my Gloves and have a cap made of
the Skin of the Louservia (Lynx) (or wild Cat of the North) the fur near 3
inches long a Indian Of the Shoe nation Came with the half of a Cabra ko
ka or Antilope which he killed near the Fort, Great numbers of those
animnals are near our fort but the weather is So Cold that we do not think
it prudent to turn out to hunt in Such Cold weather, or at least untill
our Consts. are prepared to under go this Climate. I measure the river
from bank to bank on the ice and make it 500 yards