Show 95 Ogden years made his report to the company had occasion to refer to this event in later from which point he made Missouri position on Snake river 7 this entry in his record: From a December 24 1827 he The American party of 6 again last night a man named Tullock a decent joined usHe their leader informed me his company would readily enter fellow into an agreement regarding deserters He informed me the conduct of Gardner’s at our meeting 4 yrs sic since has not been approved Tullock speaks highly of the treatment received from McKay I shd certainly be shocked if any man of principle approved of such conduct of Gardner’s Snow After such an unsatisfactory experience Ogden left Cache valley fortunate to be able to get away with some twenty of his men and their equipment How extensive had his operations been in the Salt Lake region before the unfortunate affair? While the writer considers it highly unlikely that Ogden explored southward along the west base of the Wasatch he believes it quite probable that Ogden or some of did cross the divide from Cache to Ogden valley (Ogden’s Hole) very likely being the first to trap on the his men upper tributaries of present 6 at Fort Ogden river This would lay a Ogden’s report of the transaction reached John Work Okanogan on the Columbia who dispatched a brief re- Fort Vanexpedition to headquarters couver This dispatch was the chief source of information concerning this event until Ogden’s original report was found Work’s account is found in Oregon Historical Quabv Merk rterly XT 1910 248 7 Oregon Historical Quarterly XI 1910 367 port of the ill-fat- ed |