Show 139 without which his stay in Salt Lake valley as well as the proposed survey would have been much more difficult Many rumors concerning the hostile attitude of the Mormons to- exploration had reached Stans bury some reports even stated that the Mormons would not tolerate the survey to be made Disregarding all such reports Stansbury went directly to Brigham Young and explained the true nature of the survey to be made and obtained the complete support ward the proposed Mormon Church and of the him kind that they its leader Brigham Young informed had "themselves contemplated something of the but did not yet feel able to incur the expense" Having succeeded in the first part of his mission — gaining the support of the Mormon leaders — Stansbury went to Fort Hall to survey the route and pick up supplies that had While encamped been forwarded to that post from the East at Bear river upon his return from Fort Hall Stansbury decided to make a circuit of the lake It was already late in October and generally considered too late in the season to However he believed that the attempt such an exploration information gathered (nature of the terrain location of springs etc) would be of great value in helping to conduct the lake survey the following spring Two weeks spent now would be of inestimable value to his work in the spring g he circuit lake says: Concerning the proposed Stansbury Exnloration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake 97 3 |