Show - A - c i(fea'aes'"5i£!-si- 3 ! 173 of the party not even Hudspeth had ever been down the Weber and the group encountered severe hardships before None emerging from Weber canyon July 25 where they obtained their glimpse of the Great Salt Lake Bryant describes the 7 seen sunset from as mouth the of the canyon beautiful first Following along the base of the Wasatch southward camped on the party a creek in the neighborhood of present day Bounti- I they passed the warm springs at the point of the mountain and stopped at Fremont’s old camp of the previous year While in this vicinity the travelers negotiated with ful July 30 Indians and received a special sort of fruit cake made of service berries and grasshoppers Although the strong the travelers were at first turned at the thought of such food it actually did not taste so bad and "none of the delicacy was thrown away or lost"® Following the well stomachs of they arrived at the edge of the desert August 2 The only water and made preparations for the crossing (decidedly brackish) was obtained by scooping a hole in damp trail marked sand -- at a "spring" At the break of dawn orders were given to saddle and Hudspeth gave his spurs to your mules and pack 7 Bryant What 8 Ibid 141 I last instructions "Now ride like Thus Saw h— in California 137 boys put the third |