“Old Captain Bridger and Kit Carson’s…
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Jerome Davisperson
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Doctor Mary Walkerperson
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“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