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Day of the Month |
State of the ther- mometer at ☉ rise |
Weather |
Wind at ☉ rise |
State of the ther- mometer at 4 P. M. |
Weather |
Wind at 4 P. M. |
State raised or fallen |
of the Feet |
river Inches & parts |
| 1st | 36 a | c | E | 46 a | c a f | N. E. | f | 1 ½ | |
| 2cd | 28 a | s. | N E | 34 a | c a s. | N. W. | f | 1 | |
| 3rd | 26 a | f | W. | 46 a | c | W. | f | ¼ | |
| 4th | 38 a | c | W. | 48 a | f a c | W. | |||
| 5th | 38 a | f | N W | 62 a | f a r | S. E. | r | 1 | |
| 6th | 48 a | f | E | 61 a | c a r | S E | r | 2 | |
| 7th | 42 a | c | S. | 60 a | f | N. E. | r | 1 ½ | |
| 8th | 41 a | c | E. | 52 a | c.a.r | E | f | ¼ | |
| 9th | 38 a | f | E. | 58 a | f | W. | r | ¾ | |
| 10th | 38 a | f a c | W N W | 62 a | c.a.r | N W | f | ¾ | |
| 11th | 44 a | f | N E | 60 a | c | S. W. | |||
| 12th | 52 a | f | S. E. | 54 a | c.a.r. | N W | r | 2 | |
| 13th | 52 a | c.a.r | N. W. | 54 a | f a c | N. W. | f | 2 ¼ | |
| 14th | 32 a | f | S. W. | 52 a | c | S W | f | 1 ¾ | |
| 15th | 48 | c a r | S W | 54 a | c | N W | f | ¾ | |
| 16th | 48 | c | S W. | 67 a | f | S. W | |||
| 17th | 60 a | f | N E | 68 a | f | S W | |||
| 18th | 58 a | f | W. | 46 a | c a r | N. W. | f | 1 | |
| 19th | 38 a | fair | E. | 68 a | f. a. c | S. W. | |||
| 20th | 52 a | f | N. E. | 76 a | f | E | f | 1 | |
| 21st | 50 a | f | S. W. | 76 a | f | N W | |||
| 22cd | 46 a | c | N W | 48 a | c. | N. W. | f | ½ | |
| 23rd | 32 a | f | S W | 54 a | f | S W | f | ½ | |
| 24th | 32 a | f | N. W. | 68 a | f | S. E. | r | 3 ½ | |
| 25th | 46 a | f | S W | 82 a | f | S.W. | r | 2 | |
| 26th | 58 a | f | S W | 80 a | f | S. W. | r | ½ | |
| 27th | 62 a | f | S. W. | 82 a | f | S. W. | |||
| 28th | 62 a | c | S W | 72 a | c & r | S W | r | ½ | |
| 29th | 62 a | c a r | S. W. | 67 a | r | S. W. | r | 1 | |
| 30th | 56 a | c a r | S W. | 50 a | r | S W | r | 5 | |
| 31st | 48 a | c a r | W | 53 a | c a r | S W | r | 1 ½ |
| 1st | wind violent from 12 oC. to 6 P. M. |
| 2cd | snow 1 inch deep the wind continued so high from 12 oClock yesterday, untill 5 this evening that we were unable to proceed. the snow which fell last night and this morning one inch deep has not yet disappeared.— it forms a singular contrast with the trees which are now in leaf.— |
| 3rd | hard frost last night. at four P. M. the snow has not yet entirely disappeared.— the new horns of the Elk begin to appear. |
| 4th | the black martin makes it's appearance. the snow has disap- peared. saw the first grasshoppers today.— [3] there are great quantities of a small blue beatle feeding on the willows.— |
| 5th | a few drops of rain only |
| 6th | rain very inconsiderable as usual |
| 8th | rain inconsiderable a mear spinkle the bald Eagle, of which there are great numbers, now have their young. the turtledove [4] appears. |
| 9th | The choke Cherry is now in blume. |
| 10th | rain but slight a few drops. |
| 11th | frost this morning |
| 12th | rain but slight. |
| 13th | do. do. do. |
| 14th | white frost this morning |
| 15th | slight shower |
| 17th | the Gees have their young; the Elk begin to produce their young, the Antelope and deer as yet have not.— the small species of Goatsucker or whiperwill [5] begin to cry— the blackbirds both small and large have appeared. [6] we have had scarcely any thun- der and lightning. the clouds are generally white and accom- panyed with wind only |
| 18th | a good shower saw the wild rose in blume. the brown thrush or mocking bird [7] has appeared.— had a good shower of rain today, it continued about 2 hours; this is the first shower that deserves the appellation of rain, which we have seen since we left Fort Mandan.— no thunder or lightning |
| 19th | heavy fog this morning on the river |
| 22cd | the wind excessively hard all night— saw some particles of snow fall today it did not lye in sufficient quantity on the ground to be perceptible.— |
| 23rd | hard frost last night; ice in the eddy water along the shore, and the water friezed on the oars this morning. Strawburies in bloom. [8] saw the first king fisher. |
| 24th | frost last night ice ⅛ of an inch thick |
| 25th | saw the kingbird, or bee martin; [9] the grouse disappear. killed three of the bighorned antelopes. |
| 26th | The last night was much the warmest we have experienced, found the covering of one blanket sufficient. the air is extreemly dry and pure. |
| 27th | wind so hard we are unable to proceed in the early part of the day |
| 28th | a slight thundershower; the air was turbid in the forenoon and appeared to be filled with smoke; we supposed it to proceed from the burning of the plains, which we are informed are fre- quently set on fire by the Snake Indians to compell the antelopes to resort to the woody and mountanous country which they in- habit.— saw a small white and black woodpecker with a red head; [10] the same which is common to the Atlantic states.— |
| 29th | rained but little, some dew this morning. |
| 30th | the rain commenced about 4 Oclock in the evening, and con- tinued moderately through the course of the night; more rain has now fallen than we have experienced since the 15th of Sep- tember last. |
| 31st | but little rain The Antelope now bring forth their young. from the size of the young of the bighorned Antelope I suppose they bring forth their young as early at least as the Elk. |
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