19 January: In the morning, clear, very cold. At seven thirty, −25°F [−31.7°C]. Wind west, very cold. During this cold, [when] the Indians hunt on the prairie, [it is] without wood [i. e., without fire]. About noon, nice, clear, cold weather. Mató-Tópe was drawn. An engagé came back with a sled full of robes. He was sent out yesterday and looked terribly frozen—man and horse covered with ice and hoarfrost. At twelve thirty, −21°F [−29.4°C]. Wind the same, piercingly cold. Today we had meat all day long. Mató-Tópe left us. Old He who Addíh-Hiddísch told us much that I wrote down with the aid of Charbonneau. Night clear and cold.