Show 99 valley) having followed Bear river to Cache valley as The lapse in the diary (January 17 to he had done in 1825 March 29) covers just about enough time to allow such an expedition to be completed Furthermore T C Elliott who edited the "Ogden Journals" states that a rude pen and ink (Ogden purporting to show "Ogden’s Track 1829" accompanying the journals indicates iuite definitely that Ogden did strike He probably re south from Cache valley as indicated above turned to Cache valley over the same route by which he had map - ' left it it is not impossible the writer considers highly improbable that Ogden crossed the mountain barrier from Ogden valley to the present site of Ogden City Had Although it he crossed those mountains he would have had an excellent view of the lake and its islands not seem to be those of a man Subsequent journal entries do who had really been on the east shores of the lake or had opportunities to observe it from the Wasatch Mountains His March 29 entry the first after the break in the journal states: "In sight of Salt Lake 15 This is not the statement of a man who had been again" trapping and exploring along the western base of the Wasatch To sight the lake "again" as some would have us believe 12 T C Elliott tori cal Quarterly H 13 Ibid 392 "The Ogden 1910 358 Journals" Oregon His |