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Show 90 INDIAN DEPBEDATIONS Ogden, Utah; John W. Browning, Ogden, Utah; David H. Stevens, Ogden, Utah; William Birch, Ogden, Utah; Geo. Hill, Ogden, Utah. The following officers were elected : Thomas S. Smith, President; Francillo Durfee, Captain' 1 David Moore, Secretary; B. F. Cummings, Captain of the guard. Thus organized, on the 20th day of May, tho company commenced their journey. They traveled up Malad valley and crossed the Bannock divide, then they went down Bannock Creek, crossed Port-neuf River, and Ross' Fork and Blackfoot River, thence until they reached Snake River, which they crossed at a point five miles above Fort Hall and near Ross 7 Butte, and traveled on the west side of the river until they reached a point three miles above Eagle Rock. On leaving Snake River they passed Market Lake on the north and camped on Muddy Lake. Leaving Muddy Lake the company traveled thirty miles across a desert when they reach-ed Spring Creek, ( Birch Creek). Traveling northward they followed little Lost River sixty miles until they arrived at the top of Salmon range of mountains. They journeyed down this creek called Salmon River ( now Limhi), until they reached a point twenty miles above where it empties into Sal-mon River. They arrived at this point June 15th, which was three hundred and thirty- three miles from Ogden, according to the odometer constructed by Col. David Moore. Here they built a stockade fort and named it " Fort Limhi. " It was about twenty rods square. The wall was built of logs sixteen feet long, standing on end close together. It had one gate on the east side and one on the west. They built |