January 12, 1805
The new year has come and many of the crew are anxious to continue on with our expedition. To celebrate the new year we went over and danced the the Mandans. I began to notice that Captain Lewis never got our of the fort and always continued working on his notes for Jefferson. Even though the fort was comfortable it was still small and cramped. Food is very hard to find in the winter and sometimes we go to bed hungry. To trade with the Mandans for well needed food The Captains were giving medical care with state-of-the-art medicine.

Cameron Allen Randolph