Show 71 that Bridger vas there ”during the of 1824 Jedediah Smith vas one of the leaders of the Rocky He had come west with the Mountain trappers original Ashley brigade and had helped pioneer the route through South show summer" played an important part in the trapping and exploring activities of the Rocky Mountain Company in the Vas at ch and Great Salt Lake country Along with others Pass Smith He is usually considered one of the ’’possible” discoverers of the lake indicated above the Ashley groups during the summer of 1824 As two men were divided into While William L Su- blette led one party dovn Bear river2 Smith led the other group consisting of only seven men into the snake river drainage area on an exploring and trapping expedition Late in September or early in October they fell in with a party of Iroquois who had become detached from a Hudson’s Bay ComThese Indians were pany expedition headed by Alexander Ross in possession of a valuable supply of pelts which Smith to transfer to his possession Then he agreed to ’’guide” the hapless Indians back to Ross and the rest of the managed Hudson’s Bay expedition through in due territory entirely time at the English 22 lake that So it new camp was that Smith ’’guided” them to the Americans and arrived October 14 1824 The Ameri- - Bridger a member of the Sublette group reached the fall |