Show 81 thing about the Great Basin across which it was The sending of such an expedition is supposed to flow typical of the work accomplished by the trappers in opening up new fields and making new discoveries It was at the 1825-2- 6 rendezvous at the present site man knew a of Ogden with William L Sublette in command that the decision was made to conduct such an exploration and four men James Clyman was were selected to carry out the venture these four men probably the leader the names of the others have as yet not been found A man called "Major Harris" was evidently one of the party Evidence to that effect is found in Orson Pratt’s Journal covering the Mormon migration to Salt Lake valley The Mormon vanguard met Harris June 26 one of in the region east of Fort Bridger Says Mr Pratt: having wanderMajor Harris a trapper and hunter ed and resided in different parts of this mountainous counhas acquired an extensive and for 20 to 25 years try intimate knowledge of all the main features of the country to the Pacific We obtained much information from him in relation to the great interior basinHe of Salt Lake the said that he had country of our destination of the lake and that travelled the whole circumference there was no outlet to it 10 Indeed it was only with the discovery and publication of Clyman s journal in 1928 that even his name was established as one of the four Previous records of the event had merely 1847 ' 9 10 Orson C L "Major" Harris same person & Pratt Exodus of Modem editor of Israel James Clyman "Black" Harris and "Moses" Camp 64 53-- 58 identifies Harris as the |