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Chokecherry. A red brown grass like Andropogon covers the south slopes of the hills but there is no trace of Atriplex or Sarcobatus.
Reached Mandan at 3:35 & over to Bismark at 4:05. Went to Grand Pacific Hotel & tramped over hills an hour before dark.

It is dry and still but very cold. The Missouri river is frozen over, the rough cakes of anchor ice have set & frozen together. In narrow or rapid places there are still strips of open water but most of the way the ice is solid clear across. This is in striking contrast to the open Yellowstone river above Glendive and below Helena this morning & last night. This is farther south ^[[lower down]] but also farther east.