Show 129 Before leaving the island Fremont had filled one of his water bags with lake water which he boiled down September 11 after his return to the mainland "Roughly evaporated over a fire the five gallons yielded fourteen pints of very fine grained salt of which the whole lake may be regarded S3 Thus was added another "first" as a saturated solution" to Fremont's career for the water of Great Salt Lake had never before been scientifically analyzed During the summer of 1845 Fremont returned to Great Salt Lake this time to the south end Establishing his in the valley where Salt Lake City now stands the explorer spent almost two weeks in the vicinity At this time he learned from the Indians that a man on horseback could reach the large island near the south end of the lake by follcamp owing a submerged sand bar On September 18 accompanied by Carson and several others Fremont made this crossing and explored the island Because of the abundance of Antelope several of which were killed by the party he gave the island Antelope Island Upon the return of the expedition to the mainland an old Indian presented Fremont with a bill for the antelope taken claiming that they were its present name his private property 23 Fremont 24 Fremont Fremont paid Report of Exploring Expedition Memoirs of My Life 43 157 |