January 28, 1804
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January 28, 1804

 

Saty: 28th Jany: 1804    a Cloudy morning    verry cold wind from the N W    Some floating Ice in the River    at 9 oClock 5° above 0, Snows at 10 oClock 8° abov 0, at 11 oClock 10° abov 0, Sun Shines, 3 french men from Parare De Soue [1] called, at 12 oClock 12° abov 0, at 1 oClock 14° abov 0, Mr. Bagley [2] Came with Potatos fowls &—    I trade him    Mr. Cummins [3] Came with meel & Brandy from Contractor    at 2 oClock 18° abov 0, the Mr. Anty Coxe called toDay to inqure after his horses, at 3 oClock 20° above 0, 4 oClock 18° abov 0, Some womin came to day    at 6 oClock 14° abov 0, Porter [4] all frosed & several bottles broke, I Deliver out 12 flints & Some Canstr. Pow[d]er to hunters.

1. Perhaps Portage des Sioux, in St. Charles County, Missouri, a village founded in 1799 on the neck of land between the Missouri and the Mississippi, where Indians apparently portaged between the two rivers. Osgood (FN), 25 n. 4; Missouri Guide, 343–44. See also May 15, 1804. (back)
2. The Reverend David Badgley from Virginia settled in American Bottom, Illinois, in 1797. Osgood (FN), 25 n. 5. (back)
3. A Cummings lived below the camp, at Six Mile Prairie. Ibid., 25 n. 6. (back)
4. A bitter, dark brown beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature. It contained about 4 percent alcohol. (back)