The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-25
historic UTAH
y WELL DEPICTED
81 E. Caine Clearly
ssks Explorations of the
Z a}e-Settlement Days.
'NLS MISTY PAST
MISTY PAST
Is Show How Francis
rriars Suffered Almost
lbearable PrivatiOns.
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ekauvaise Gaucho tthe man with
left HANDY came up with about
" his warriors The chief sug-
Sat they make a treaty Of peace
led the trappers to form with
lAcircle around the camp fire and
he calumet. or peace pipe :
N seemed greatly disturbed and
n 5vot asked what troubled him he
hat his wah- -kow, or guiding
buid not work in the presence of
III It was bad medicine. The chief
lInep then took their arms and de-
Them in a pile some distance from
lib. and invited the trappers TO do
b thing. Not ,suspecting treach-
frappers stacked their firearms
back 10 the peace circle. AT a
ON Mauvalse Cauche they arose
wing kniTes and toTnahawks from
'1eIr Blankets. proceeded to butcher
b men. Provot and some OF his
Npcd. but most OF them fell Vie
The treechery OF the Snake chief
ext year Provot was Joined by
rzhley, one OF the principal stock
'tn the Rocky Mountain Fur com
IA together they planned TO make
ILH Inc luIS ttidt ildo Detl dSSu
fby Ogden at the mouth OF the
1nnyon. Ogden heard OF the plan
-uicht removed his stores. valued
hing like Sl75. 900. into the north
Nv. which then received the name
u from the French word cache"
!. Ashley and his men through the
coce Of some of Ogden's followers
hade away with the furs. and Og-
Ken hearted at his great loss. re-
bnn the frontier,
{of Bonneville.
-ng the Interesting characters who
If{liB valley In the early years Of
4 century was Captain Bonneville.
>hman by birth and a graduate OF
pint. who obtained a leave OF ao-
rom army duty and fitted out An
ION to explore the Rocky noun
Ion. He was probably the first of
.lnfainecrs who Travelled by wagon
Htead OF on horseback, though 1t
appear that he brought a wagon
khe Wasatch barrier He decided
1fter having visited the Great Salt
send out a party TO explore Its
lkenant Walker, with band OF
uen, was assigned TO the duty OF
X the lake, which at that time was
might be an arm OF the Pacific
Ho went around the north end,
My reaching the Humboldt river.
'clenr across the state Of Nevada.
Ing the river apd lake which now
- name, and nnally arrived al
", Cul.
~ Bonneville could lay no claim
-, To- ~
who first called atteation to the
Re lines on the hills around the val
BY them partially traced the out
Z The prehistoric lake which filed
AZ basin and had It's outlet through
IKE and Columbia rivers into the
ocean. In recognition OF this SER
B former great inland sea Will al
o known as Lake Bonneville.
|eville was an interesting char
He carried with him great guam
4 alcoho! and by mixing this with
new he made a novel drink that al
1rchuscd the friendship of Indian or
Wherever they were met. lie was
devoid OF foresight or Ina glnation
declarcd that all OF the vast re-
MT OF the Missouri must always re-
worthless wilderness.
tain John c. Ere mont explored the
the winter OF 1898 and at that
te claimed for a time 10 have been
'overer. He finally reached Califor-
l84b, and on his return to the easi
- from Los Angeles over the old
trail through southern Utah Kit
the frontiersman Of dime move
vas Fremout's guide. KIT had beer
region for several years, and is re.
10 have built the first boat tina
He'd upon the waters of the Great
re were many other interesting
Lers, such as old Jim Bridgcr. Sub.
fitzpatrick and 4 dozen more whr
he frontier their home.
L846. the year before the pioneer!
the, famous Donner party crossed
utfnent and at the mouth Of Echo
4 heard OF new trail across tn,
1h Into the valley OF the Great Sal
They followed down the Wcbe
b the mouth OF East canyon, theme,
6t canyon over Big mountain an,
down Emigration canyor
IiB VALLEY, This Is the trail the pic
Took the following year,