Day-by-Day / December 28, 1804

December 28, 1804

Nothing remarkable today

At Fort Mandan below the Knife River Villages, the frost falls like snow and the snow blows into drifts. A few villagers visit, and Clark reports that there was “nothing remarkable to day”.

Blacksmith John Shields

by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading

Nothing Remarkable Today

blew verry hard last night, the frost fell like a Shower of Snow, nothing remarkable to day, the Snow Drifting from one bottom to another and from the leavel plains into the hollows &c
William Clark

Indian Visitors

clear & cold. high wind Some of the Savages visited us.—
John Ordway

 

Weather Diary

Ther. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at sun symbol rise Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River
12 above fair N 13 fair N. W. rise 2½ in.

the [wind] blue verry hard last night. the frost fell like a shower of snoe
Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Notes

Notes
1 Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio.
2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

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