Show 131 Yalker had guided Bonneville’s party around the north end of the lake to California via the Humboldt in 1833 but knew this southern routeprevious year in southern Utah nothing of Fremont had met Walker the - and had this party through the Utah deserts hired him to help guide Says Allen Nevins: 'Walker had more thorough knowledge of this region than any 25 as him was to Fremont accept other man living and guide” glad relied on Yalker ’ s knowledge of the regions west of the Great Salt Lake especially along the Humboldt Percy H Booth assumes that Yalker was chief guide of the Fremont probably whole expedition Says he: to the Columbia this time they trip California under Captain Yalker s exstraight forFremont man knew when he had the There was no side made right pert guidance Over the Rockies to the south shore of Salt Lake that was the route Yalker led the party and thence northward to the old Mary’s or Ogden river which Fremont now named However officially the Humboldt it was not Yalker to pioneer the Carson first crossing relied upon Vandiveer pays Carson great whom Fremont tribute:27 Kit Carson was by far the greatest of the Rocky MouNot only did he possess all the bravery skill ntain Men and daring of Jim Bridger but he was far more cultured— any of his contemporaries intelligent and humane than Jedediah Smith excepting perhaps 25 Allen Nevins Fremont I 26 Percy H Reddeford Walker 27 C A Booth 93 West Wind Vandiveer Fur Trade 211 the Life of Joseph 258 |