10 January: In the morning, calm, cloudy weather; there was fine snow. Wind southeast. About eight o’clock, −14°F [−25.6°C]. The snow stopped about noon. At twelve o’ clock, −4°F [−20°C]. Wind southwest. Few Indians came into the fort today. A tall man, Nátka-Númpä (Both Hearts), came to us and offered to be drawn. He is a lively, friendly man [who] laughs and talks a great deal. He told us about his love affair with a Negro woman who came upriver on the Assiniboine last summer; we were on the same [steamboat]. Very fine snow in the afternoon. Mató-Tópe visited us but did not stay, because he had to perform a medicine. He had become reconciled with Péhriska-Rúhpa, for whom he bought a green blanket as a present. We kept a very strong fire in the fireplace, as usual, when we went to bed. The icy wind in the evening was very cold. We estimate that we will burn at least six more cords of wood in the fireplace if it stays this cold.