Note 198 — Chapter XXIV · DESCRIPTION OF FORT CLARKE AND THE ENVIRONS

This probably means 47° below freezing point; for if it were to be understood as 47° below c, of Fahrenheit, it would be 79° below freezing point—H. Evans Lloyd.

Comment by Ed. A curious misconception on the part of Lloyd, the English translator, who could not believe this account of the intense cold on the western prairies of the United States. Maximilian undoubtedly intended just what he says—a temperature record not unknown in recent winters.