Show 100 to have been quite an occasion worthy of mention in a brief journal Ogden then discusses the division of his company part of which he will lead back to Unknown (Humboldt) river The following day March 30 this entry was made in the j oumal : seems horses and all our traps started for Unknown River They will reach the river 8 days before me I wish them success All is now in Reached Foggy Encampment camp site of the motion previous December the weather being clear had a good view of Salt Lake and Mountain Island prom point which On both sides of the from its snow must be very high Salt Lake is high land surrounded by mountains Beyond the mountains west tho' the lake has no discharge If this "Mountain Island” is a description of Promontory This morning 12 men and 24 -- Point or more likely Antelope Island it is probably about the best that could be expected from one who was observing the lake from a point on the northwest shores and had not seen the lake from a better vantage point Had Ogden ever visited the east shore he would have had many opportunities to get better views of the lake than this He would not have had to speculate that the island in question "must be very high” because of the snow on it so late in the year He would have had in mind a clear picture of the relative size of the island and would not have been astonished as he apparently was at its extreme height This description of the lake certainly does not indicate that Ogden had actually 14 Oregon Historical Quarterly XE 1910 392 |