Show Sj 90 this assumption is The crossing of the Jordan in which he lost both of his animals is one definite clue The Jordan was high and the men had difficulty in swimming As much and rafting their belongings to the east shore flesh as possible was obtained from the dead animals lost in the mud Traveling along the foothills east of the lake Smith shot a bear about fifteen miles north of the crossing This would be in the vicinity of Farmington However the how erroneous bear only wounded escaped After continuing another "fifteen miles" the party had better luck and succeeded in shoot- £ Says Smith in his journal: So much do we make our estimation of happiness by a contrast with our situation that vie were as much pleased and as well satisfied with our fat venison on the bank of the Salt Lake as vie would have been in the possession ing a deer of all the luxuries and refinements of civilized life in other circumstances Two days later the cache was reached This no doubt was there the travelwom trio made their way up Bear river to the rendezvous on Bear Lake where they arrived July 3 1827 Yithin ten days after his arrival at Bear Lake Smith was once again on the march— once more headed for California Before he left camp he wrote to the U S Government via General Clark telling of the nature of the country which he On this second expedi- had seen the natural resources etc somewhere 6 in Cache valley From Sullivan Jedediah Smith 112 |