7 December: Sunday Much snow covered the whole area. At the same time, [it was] warm, and the sky cloudy. Wind rather strong from [the] northwest.Dreidoppel was called early. There were three wolves on the river, and when he got there he even saw a fourth, a schähä́ckä. He shot at one of them, but it was still too dark. At eight, 22°F [−5.6°C]. In the midmorning I wrote letters to Europe and America

Dreidoppel went hunting. Síh-Chidä did not come, but some other undistinguished Indians did. At twelve o’clock, 30 1/2°F [−0.8°C], wind the same. It did not snow any more. Dreidoppel had hit a schähä́ckä and a fox; the latter fled underground. I went out with him again, [and] we took a dog along, but it did not want to go into the [fox’s] lair. We made smoke to get the fox out, all in vain. We saw three wolves, and Dreidoppel shot at one of them. The wind had abated; it was not very cold. Indians brought me a wolf, but it was not very big, a female again. Today Mr. Kipp had tried his horse with a sled (cariole). Dipäuch promised to come in the evening and give us some information about his nation. Síh-Chidä had his picture drawn. He had his wife with him. He liked the picture so much that he wanted a copy of it. Mr. Dougherty, who had made the trip by sled on the other side [of the river], arrived after six o’clock. The sky had cleared, the dark clouds had disappeared. Síh-Chidä and his wife did not want to move from our room. He seemed to want to sleep here.