Show 84 the shores of Promontory circled to the north bay (where they would find a few fresh springs and small streams of then turned southward along the west shores Needless to say they likely suffered greatly for lack of fresh water on that dismal western side of the lake No fresh water has yet been found along this whole course water but no beaver) party probably followed the west shore to the southern extremity likely passed between Stansbury and Carrington Islands and landed on the south shore near the north end of The the Oquirrh range From that position they would have a Furthermore much easier time traveling on foot than by boat the region yet to be covered was already well-knoterritory wn logical that the venturers then returned on foot to headquarters which had been temporarily shifted from Ogden It seems to Cache valley Thus was completed the earliest known survey of the Great Salt Lake It is very likely that other lake expeditions were In fact James Bridger claimed conducted at various times that some of his men spent three months on the lake at some undisclosed early date This claim was made by Bridger to the Mormon leaders when they met him on June 28 1847 while on their way to the Great Salt Lake valley Bridger stated that some of his men had been surprised by Indians and were forced to take to the lake to escape They spent three |