Show 105 the acquaintance of Washington Irving who became very much interested in editing and publishing his journal Thus Irving’s Rocky Mountains was vritten largely from Bonneville’s 2 notes However says Irving: I have occasionally interwoven facts and details from the congathered from various sources especially versations and journals of some of the captain’s contemporaries who were actors in the scenes he describes Eventually Irving paid Bonneville §1000 for the journal and This publication set about editing and publishing it might be considered one of the chief accomplishments of the Bonneville expedition If Irving’s Rocky Mountains did nothing more it did stimulate a great deal of interest in Although attempts to attach Bonneville’s name to the Great Salt Lake failed in the long run the West at that time chiefly because western men refused to sanction such a thing G K Gilbert did thoroughly establish his name in Great Salt Lake history by naming its great prehistoric predecessor n t after him In all his three years in the West Bonneville probably never came closer than fifty miles to the Great Salt Lake He did spend some time on the upper waters of Bear river but 2 Notice’’ 3 Washington Irving Rocky Mountains 6 Grant Foreman Pioneer Days 4 See W M Andrews’ letter ’’Introductory 251 of protest Supra p 69 |