Show KNOW UTAH By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS The Great lake and Its discoverers continued the theme of r cO last Jast evening and soon an anold anold old the report ot of Samuel Adams Adam's who tho had made the journey Journe front from Santa SantaFe e to In was avas corroborated by Robert nobert Campbell who was vas there an all the time and found the party parti just returning from the exploration or of the lake lIe re- re called according to the history the report that It was without any outlet Jim Bridgers Bridger's stor story ot of his dis- dis er co Was corroborated by Samuel In Campbells Camp Camp- bells beUs counting room In St St. Louis at a. a later date I Campbell pronounced them both men ot of the strictest Integrity and truthfulness Likewise Ogden's trappers trappers trap trap- pers met party In the summer or of 1825 and were told ot of these discoveries declaring that It was who sent out the tour four men In the skin canoe In Bonneville professed to doubt Us Its exploration because the men reported that they suC suffered ered severely front from thirst when In fact several fine streams flow Into the lake but Bonneville d desired de- de sired to attach to hI his name the honor of oC an early surVey and detract from those entitled to It The rhe trappers In their can canoes es did not pretend to make a thorough survey and as for fOl scarcity or of fresh water In places places' Stansbury sa says that during his Uon he frequently was obliged d to send fifty miles for water S S Other claimants appear prior to dis- dis ery covery IV M Ander on writing und under 1 date ot of February Feb Feb- G 1860 says that tl trApped In this vicInity In O and that shley J was there before belore Then It was said by Seth Grant that his partner Vasquez discovered th the gr at Inland sea calling It an arm o of the ocean because the water was salt That no nd white man ever saw the Great Gleat Salt lake before Bridger cannot be proven pro but his being the only well veli authenticated account his history must rest there until It finds a a. better one Halt a a. century passes wrItes Bancroft In iii his history ot of Utah and we find United States fur hunterS standing ort on the border ot of the Great Salt lake Jake tasting Its brackish waters an and wondering it If Jt It Is an arm or of the sea First among these confining confining con con- fining ourselves to authentic records was James Bridger to whom belongs the of discovery It happened In this wise DurIng tho winter ot of 1824 21 a a. party ot of trappers who vho had ascended the Missouri 1 with Henry and Ashley Ashler sound found themselves on Dear Bear river In Cache or Willow valley A arose as to the probable course oJ of Dear Bear river whIch flowed on both sides oJ of them A wager was made and Bridger was sent to the truth Following the river down tJ thi-ough thi ough the mountains the first view oJ of the great lake fell upon him and when he went to the margin and tasted the water lie he found that It was salt I S S Then he returned and reported to his companions All were Interested to know It if there entered Into this sheet sheet sheet-of or water other streams on which they might find beavers and 1 IC there was an an outlet hence bence In the spring or of 1826 four men explored the lake lalo In skin boats DurIng this memorable year or of 1825 when Peter Skeen Ogden with his party or of Hudson Bay company trappers was on the Humboldt river and James P. P Be was pursuing his daring adventures adventures tures and the region around the great lakes Jakes ot of Utah first became familiar to American trappers William H. H Ashley ot of the Rocky Mountain Fur ur company at atthe atthe the head ot of men and a train oJ of well packed horses c came me out from St. St Louis through the South pass and down by Great Salt lake to Utah lake S S S SOn On Utah lake Jake he built a a. fort and two years later brought from St. St Louis a six which thereafter grace graced his fort Ashley was a brave man shrewd and honest he was yas prosperous and commanded corn com the respect or of his men Nor may we Impute impute Im- Im him lack Jack oJ of or ot of common geographical geographical geo- geo graphical ledge knowledge A |