Lewis: February 9, 1805

9th February Saturday 1805. The morning fair and pleasent, wind from S. E.visted
by Mr. McKinzey one the N. W. Company’s clerks. this evening a man by the
name of Howard whom I had given permission to go the Mandane vilage
returned after the gate was shut and rether than call to the guard to have
it opened scaled the works an indian who was looking on shortly after
followed his example. I convinced the Indian of the impropryety of his
conduct, and explained to him the riske he had run of being severely
treated, the fellow appeared much allarmed, I gave him a small piece of
tobacco and sent him away Howard I had comitted to the care of the guard
with a determineation to have him tryed by a Courtmartial for this
offence. this man is an old soldier which still hightens this offnce-