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Day of the Month |
Ther. at ☉ rise |
Weather |
Wind at ☉ rise |
Thert. at 4 P.M. |
Weather |
Wind at 4 P.M. |
raise or fall |
River Feet |
Inches |
| Jany. 1 | 18 a | s | S E | 34 a | f | N W | r | 1 | |
| 2 | 4 b | s | N W | 8 b | f a s | N. | |||
| 3 | 14 b. | c | N. | 4 b | s | S E | |||
| 4 | 28 a | c a s | W. | 4 b | c | N W | r | 2½ | |
| 5 | 20 b | c | N. W. | 18 b | s | N. E. | r | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 b | c a s | N W | 16 b | f | N W | r | 3 | |
| 7 | 22 b | f | N W | 14 b | f | W | f | 1 | |
| 8 | 20 b | f | N W | 10 b | f | N W | r | 1 | |
| 9 | 21 b | f | W | 18 b | f a c | N W | r [2] | 1 | |
| 10 | 40 b | f | N W | 28 [3] | f | N W | r [4] | 1 [5] | |
| 11 | 38 b | f | N W | 14 b | f | N W | f | ½ | |
| 12 | 20 b | f | N W | 16 [6] | f | N W | r | 1 | |
| 13 | 34 b | f | N W | 20 [7] | f | N W | r [8] | 2 [9] | |
| 14 | 16 b | s | S E | 8 b | c a s | S E | |||
| 15 | 10 b | f | E | 3 a | c [10] | S W | r | 1 | |
| 16 | 36 a | c | W | 16 a | f | S W | r | 2½ | |
| 17 | 2 b | c | W | 12 b | f | N W | |||
| 18 | 1 b [11] | f | N W | 7 a | f a c | N W | f | 1 | |
| 19 | 12 a | c | N E | 6 b | f | N W | r | 1 | |
| 20h | 28 [12] | f | N E | 9 b | c | S E | r | ¾ [13] | |
| 21 | 2 b | c | N E | 8 a | f | S E | r [14] | ||
| 22 | 10 a | f a h | N W | 19 a | c | N W | r | 1¾ | |
| 23 | 2 b | s | E | 2 b | c a s | N | f | 2½ | |
| 24 | 12 b | c | N. W. | 2 b | f | N. W. | r | ¼ | |
| 25 | 26 b | f | N W | 4 b | f a c | W | |||
| 26 | 12 a | c | N E | 20 a | f a c | S E | |||
| 27 | 20 a | c | S E | 16 a | c | N W | r | 2 | |
| 28 | 2 b | f | N W | 15 a | f | S W | |||
| 29 | 4 a | f | S W | 16 a | f | W | r | ½ | |
| 30 | 6 a | c | N W | 14 a | c | N W | r | 1 | |
| 31 | 2 b | c a s | N W | 8 a | f a c | N W | f | 1 |
| [2] | visit the Mandans with a party of the men, who danced for their amusement in the lodge of the Black Cat— [16] |
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| January | 3rd | the Snow was not considerable the ground is now covered 9 inches deep— |
| 6th | at 12 oC. today two Luminous spots appeared on either side of the sun extreemly bright |
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| 8th | the snow is now ten inches deep. [17] | |
| 12th | singular appearance of three distinct Halo or luminus rings about the moon appeared this evening at half after 9 P. M. and continued one hour. the moon formed the center of the middle ring, the other two which lay N & S. of the moon & had each of them a limb passing through the Moons Center and projecting N & S a simidiameter beyond the middle ring to which last they were equal in dimentions, each ring appearing to subtend an angle of 15 degrees of a great circle [18] |
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| 15th | an eclips of the moon total last night, visible here but par- tially obscured by the clouds. |
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| [18] | at Sun rise 12° below 0 [19] | |
| 19th | Ice now 3 feet thick on the most rapid part of the river— | |
| [22] | mist the afternon observation. [20] | |
| 23rd | the snow feel about 4 inches deep last night and continues to snow |
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| 25th | it frequently happens that the ☉ rises fair and in about 15 or 20 minutes it becomes suddonly 〈cloudy〉 turbid, as if the had some chimical effect on the atmosphere.— |
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| 31st | the Snow feel 2 Inches last night. |
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