9 March: Bright sky early, soon cloudy [with] snow and a strong, cold wind out of the east. At seven thirty, 12°F [−11.1°C]. Dreidoppel checked his snares early. The fox had been caught [but got away because] the wire was no good. The machtóhpka did not come out. The snow soon stopped, but the wind remained very strong. Mató-Tópe, Dipäuch, Beróck-Itaïnú, Péhriska-Rúhpa, and Máhchsi-Karéhde were in our room. The latter was drawn. At one o’clock, 25°F [−3.9°C]. Severe wind out of the east, very strong; it started to snow heavily and continued the whole afternoon. Máhchsi-Karéhde was drawn in the afternoon. Síh-Chidä visited us several times. Today we ate rabbit twice. Game [was] a very agreeable change for our stomachs. In the afternoon the weather was so wild and cloudy that we could hardly see the forest [on the] opposite [side of the river]. Dreidoppel stuffed a rabbit, and I had to draw soldiers for Máhchsi-Karéhde. Síh-Chidä sketched Ochkíh-Häddä [in] pencil; [then] he wanted to draw [this figure] in color. Upsichtä came later, with the head of a gray eagle hanging in front of his chest. He complained about the cold, but he still carried his eagle fan in his hands, although he did not much need it for mosquitoes [today]. Evening very dark, stormy, not particularly cold. At nine o’clock there were two shots close to us. I found out later that the engagés had shot rats in their room with guns.