Part of the men employed cutting and melting Tallow, & part, pounding meat to make pimican.
Thursday 2
Sharp frost in the night, and cloudy cold weather during the day. The men employed as yesterday.
Friday 3
Frost in the night. Overcast soft weather thawing during the day. Blowing strong in the evening.
The men employed as yesterday except those that were pounding the meat, who are making a trough as the one already made is broken. Some Indians arrived from above & traded the carcasses of 2 deer & the skin of a (byson). The meat is a seasonable supply as our stock of fresh meat was nearly out.—
Saturday 4
Some snow in the night but clear mild weather during the day.
Had the men employed melting down fat.
Yesterday evening. I gave one of the men Togonche, a boxing for making too free with my wife[269] but being in a passion he got out of my hands before he got enough & to avoid getting another which I promised him he ran off to the woods.