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Show 368 14. Ibid. 15. Ibid., p. 32. Entry for 15 May 1858. 16. Effie 0. Read, the historian of White Pine County, Nevada, sent me a photograph of this once prominent landmark near Ely which she entitles "General Deterioration Through the Years." Mrs. Read contends that the rock was greatly reduced in size when the road bed was elevated in 1932, burying the base, and by "general deterioration with elements, children playing, guns used as target practice, etc." The rock had been a favorite picnic spot from the 1870s through the early 1900s when a nearby spring was covered over to make way for the road bed up Murry Canyon. 17. Dame, "Journal of Company," p. 25. Entry for 15 toy 1858. 18. Ibid., p. 26. Entry for 17 toy 1858. 19. Dame used the terms "White Mountain Company" and "White Mountain Camp" to describe George W. Bean's expedition, while his own expedition was the "Southern Exploring Company." 20. tortineau, "History of Mission," p. 35. Entry for 19 May I858. 21. Barney, "Biographical Sketch," p. 4. 22. Jenson, L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:530, 23. Simpson, Report of Explorations, p. 460. Simpson, who called these Indians "To-si-witches," agreed that "they are a very treacherous people." 24. Edson Barney and George W. Bean to Brigham Young, 22 toy I858, Brigham Young Papers, L.D.S. Archives. 25. Johnson, "Life Sketch," p. 2. Johnson also alleged that his party traveled without food for four days on the return march. This is subject to doubt, as Johnson's party was supplied with a week's rations before leaving camp, and they were gone for seven days. Other discrepancies also appear in Johnson's manuscript, which was obviously written from memory some years after |
