Show 169 trail which they followed northward which was located south of until present-da- y in search of a spring Snowvllle Here they Bar tie son and In the meantime C Hooper set out ahead to pioneer a route to the headwaters of ‘'Mary’s (Humboldt) river" Before their return however members of the party became restless and decided to move slowly toward the southwest to meet the explorers and gain remained some September 5 time Bartleson and Hooper returned having located the Humboldt and the party continued in a general southwesterly direction Somewhere along the western lake shore probably not far from Lucin Mr Kelsey left his wagons On September 9 took his family and goods on pack horses his oxen not This was on September 12 Two days being able to keep up and of the springs at the base of Pilot Peak® From here the trail continued southwest over later camp was made at some Silver Zone pass the same route followed later by the Hastings ff Edwin Bryant noticed the Bartleson Company wagon Cut-o- tracks southwest of 1846 4 Pilot Peak when he passed that way in Bartleson party took the first wagons over the North Lake Shore route Muoh of it has probably not seen wagons since that time The This was the Pilot Peak first 4 Edwin Bryant What 3 group of white people to reach I Saw in California 163 |