Show 171 the party struck eastward into the Yasatch mountains by way This they followed over the divide of Emigration canyon into Weber valley which they struck a fev miles below Echo Clyman states that they directed their course too canyon far to the south and became involved in a maze of hills and brush which gave them considerable difficulty It vas probably because of this that Hudspeth and Hastings chose a direct Weber river approach as they guided emigrants into Salt Lake valley later that summer It was the Clyman route however that became the regularly traveled trail — Hastings Cut-o- ff or not Hastings had been the leader of the party (with Clyman as guide) during the early part of the journey he now assumed the leadership and began advertising the merits as a sure and easy way to save 300 miles on of his cut-o- ff Whether the California Once trip having negotiated the Mout-off- M south of the lake to Ft Eridger Hastings and his associated began their work of diverting emigrants over their new route which Hastings claimed to have surveyed and found very practical for wagons it in spite of the fact that no vagons had yet been over In fact even well mounted on mules travelers who had made Chief among the crossing had experienced serious hardships the of the new route with Hastings was James M co-suppo- rters these two men could have directed trains to blaze a trail over such formidable desert Hudspeth wagon How ox-dra- wn |