Show 75 that had discovered the lake” rZQ This group was the Ogden party Until the missing Ogden journal is found and published the exact extent of his early activities in the Great Salt Lake vicinity will remain undetermined3If Ogden actually saw the lake in May 1825 as his letter would tend to prove he saw it only from the north end of Bear River Bay and arrived too late to receive the honor of being its discoverer James Bridger had tasted its briny waters before Ogden's brigade left Flathead Post and Provot had spent the winter - near its shores 30 Supra 31 Ogden's Chapter VIII p 65 later lake explorations are treated in |