13 December: In the morning, not very cold, calm. At seven thirty, 17°F [−8.3°C]. The sky, bright and clear, promised a glorious day. I went out at nine o’clock. The sun was very blinding. I saw nothing but a few Emberiza nivalis. Wolves and schähä́ckäs could be sensed everywhere. An Indian walked on the slopes. I found a burrow into which several schähä́ckäs had just crawled. At twelve o’clock I came home. The thermometer registered now 22°F [−5.6°C]. Durand visited us. He said there are six to seven Sioux in his village. All the Mandans from his village went buffalo hunting today. A Mandan had caught a white large weasel but did not want to give it up. At noon the wind blew lightly out of the east. In the forest across the river, Síh-Sä shot three birds very similar to waxwings (Bombycilla garrula?). They are supposed to live here in winter and in summer. An Indian sold me a wolf for a stick of tobacco (twelve cents). In the night a severe wind blew out of the southeast.