The Journals of Lewis & Clark: November 16, 1804

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
November 15, 1804
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November 16, 1804

16th November Friday 1804

a verry white frost all the trees all Covered with ice, Cloudy, all the men move into the huts which is not finishd Several Indians Come to Camp to day, The Ossiniboins is at the Big bellie Camp, Some trouble like to take place between them from the loss of horses &c. as is Said by an old Indian who visited us with 4 buffalow robes & Corn to trade for a pistol which we did not let him have, men imployed untill late in dobing their huts, Some horses Sent down to Stay in the woods near the fort, to prevent the Ossniboins Steeling them

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