24 March: Calm, cold. At seven thirty, 10°F [−12.2°C]. At eight o’clock, wind out of the west, not strong. The ice had moved and piled up in some areas of the river. Síh-Sä was drawn. The Mandans arrived with meat. No animals and birds except ravens were to be seen. At twelve o’clock, 24°F [−4.4°C]. Wind west. Kipp’s wife delivered a daughter this morning at Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch. In the morning, snow, only [a] little. In the afternoon, calm and cloudy; the same in the evening. I had a bad day.