“Old Captain Bridger and Kit Carson’s…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

“Old Captain Bridger and Kit Carson’s squaw, Mary, were our invited guests. After our patriotic dinner was over Jerome Davis, who was our captain, and myself, rode into Salt Lake, eighty miles. It required our wagons five days. Davis had previously been with Fremont to the Pacific slope, (had lived on mule meat sixty- seven days) and assisted in the survey of the Salt Lake Valley, and thus became known to the Mormons. Through Davis, the writer was kindly treated by the Mormon elders. Our train was loaded with merchandise, just what the Mormons were in need of. We remained in the