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| day of month 1804 |
Therm at ☉ rise |
weather | wind | Therm at 4 Oclk |
weather | wind | r. & f. |
River feet |
inches |
| Feb. 1st | 10 a 0 | f. | S.W. | 20 a 0 | f. | S.W.S. | r. | " | 1 ½ |
| " 2 [2] | 12 a 0 | f. | N.W. | 10 a 0 | f. | N.W. | r. | " | ½ |
| " 3 | 12 a 0 | f | S.W. | 19 a 0 | f | W. | " | " | " |
| " 4 | 17 a. 0 | f. | S.W. | 28 a 0 | f | S. | r | " | ½ |
| " 5 | 18 a 0 | f. | S.E. | 31 a. 0 | c.a.f. | S.E.S. | r | 2 | 6 ½ |
| " 6 | 19 a 0 | f. | N.W. | 15 a 0 | c. | S. | " | " | " |
| " 7 | 29 a. 0 | r.a.c. | S.E. | 30 a 0 | r.& c. | S.E | f | " | 8 |
| " 8 | 22 a 0 | c.a.r. | N.W. | 20 a 0 | c.a.s. | N. | r | 1 | " |
| " 9 | 10 a 0 | f.a.s. | N.N.E. | 12 a 0 | c | N.E | r | 2 | " |
| " 10 | 3 a 0 | f. | N.E. | 17 a. 0 | f | S.W | r | 1 | 4 |
| " 11 | 18 a 0 | h.a.c. | S.E. | 31 a 0 | s.a.hf. | S.E | r | 1 | " |
| " 12 | 15 a 0 | f | SSE | 25 a 0 | f | S.W. | f. | " | 2 |
| " 13 | 12 a 0 | f | NW | 20 a 0 | f | W. | r&f | " | 1 |
| " 14 | 15 a 0 | f | S.W. | 32 a 0 | f | S.W. | 〈f〉 | " | " |
| " 15 | 18 a 0 | f | S.W. | 32 a 0 | f | W. | 〈f〉 | " | " |
| " 16 | 28 a 0 | c | S.E. | 30 a 0 | r.a.c. | SSE. | r | " | 2 ½ |
| " 17 | 15 a 0 | c.a.r. | S.W. | 32 a 0 | f. | W. | r | 2 | |
| " 18 [3] | 10 a 0 | f | N.W. | r | " | 7 ½ | |||
| " 19 | 10 | f | N W | ||||||
| " 20 | 10 a.0 | f | N W | 28 a 0 | S.S.W | f | 2 ½ | ||
| " 21 [4] | 20 a 0 | f | N W | 34 a 0 | N W | f | ½ | ||
| " 22 | 14 a 0 | f | N. E | 26 a 0 | N,E | r | 1 ½ | ||
| " 23 | 6 a 0 | f | N W | 24 a 0 | N W | f | 1 | ||
| " 24 | 6 a 0 | f | N E | 26 a 0 | N E | f | 2 | ||
| " 25 [5] | 20 a 0 | f | N E | 38 a 0 | S.S.W. | ||||
| " 26 | 16 a 0 | f | N E | 30 a 0 | N E | f | ½ | ||
| " 27 [6] | 21 a 0 | c— | N. E | 24 a 0 | r.&f.s | N W | f | 1 | |
| " 28 | 4 a 0 | c&s | N W | 6 a 0 | c a s | N W | f | 2 | |
| " 29 | 8 a 0 | h&s | N W | 12 a 0 | c.a.s | N W | f | 2 ½ |
| Feb. | 1st | the wind blew very hard, no frost, snow disapearing fast |
| " | 2 | frost this morning the snow has disapeared in spots |
| " | 3 | frost this morning, the snow thawed considerably, raisd boat [8] |
| " | 4 | frost, considerable number of swan & Geese from N & S. |
| 5 | emmence quantities of ice runing some of which 11 Inches | |
| " | 6 | a small white frost, the snow disappeared a small snow storm [9] |
| " | 7 | a small quantity of soft ice runing, Swans passing |
| " | 8 | many swans from N. W. creek rose & took off my water mark, |
| " | 9 | the river raised 2 feet, large quantity of drift ice from Misso[uri] |
| " | 10 | ice still drifting in considerable quantities, some geese passed fr S. |
| " | 11 | Swans from the N. The sugar maple runs freely, |
| " | 12 | Pigeons, ducks of varis kinds, and gese have returned |
| 13 | the fist appearance of the blue crain, [10] sugar trees run | |
| 14 | but little drift ice, the Misipi is not broken up. [11] | |
| 15 | immence quantities of Swan, in the marra—. [12] | |
| 21 | in the evening the river began to rise ½ Inch | |
| 23 | [river] fall in the evening ½ Inch | |
| 25 | River on a Stand | |
| 27 | River rose 3 Inches & fell immediately | |
| 28 | began to Snow and Continued all day | |
| 29 | Snow all night & until 11 oClock a. m. & Cleared away the weather had been Clear since 〈Capt Lewis〉 lef Camp untill this. [13] |
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