Sunday 8th Janry Rained moderately all last night, a butifull morning a few large sheets of thin Ice running this morning, Send out Colter & George [Drouillard?] [1] to the head of the Debouis [Dubois] R. to hunt— The Wind rise from the S W at 10 oClock, Took the meridian altitude of ☉ L L with Sext. made it 58° 22' 52" N,— a French man & his family Came to see me to day I trade with them for Onions, & gave Tin &c. This man made Complaint that he had lost a Hogg— Some Hog meat had been brought in as before mentioned, as the men whome brought it in are absent, I pospone the inquirey untill tomorrow I Lay down to sleep, to make up for the want of rest, Clouded up at ½ past 2 oClock the wind chifted to the N W, moderate. R Field Killed a Deer to day, this is the first of his turning out—