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Show 354 29. Martineau, "Seeking a Refuge in the Desert," p. 250. 30. William H. Dame to Brigham Young, 3 May 1858, Brigham Young Papers, L.D.S. Archives. 31. Brigham Young to William H. Dame, 14 April 1858, (typescript), William H. Dame Papers, Brigham Young University. 32. Martineau, "Seeking a Refuge in the Desert," p. 250; Dame to Young, 3 May I858; Martineau, "History of Mission," p. 8; and Dame, "Journal of Company," inside front cover. 33. Martineau, "Seeking a Refuge in the Desert," p. 249. 34. Ibid., p. 250. 35. Martineau, "Autobiography," p. 14. 36. Martineau, "History of the Mission," p. 12. Entry for 29 April 1858. 37. Martineau, "Seeking a Refuge in the Desert," p. 297. J. W. Brier, a member of the Death Valley Company, recalled, in 1853, cutting a road through this cedar forest. See Brier's statement in Gwinn Harris Heap, Central Route to the Pacific, reprint edition with editing, introduction, and notes by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen, Far West and Rocky Mountain Series, vol. 7 (Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1957)* P» 279. 38. Although it is true that the Southern Exploring Company had reached the boundry of the Great Basin at this point, the term "Rim of the Basin" is frequently used indiscriminately throughout the writings of Dame and Martineau. It is clear that the Mormons misconceived the true boundries of the Great Basin through much of the region. Martineau1 s maps indicate the belief that much of the Great Basin's interior was drained by "the Muddy River. 39. Martineau, "Seeking a Refuge in tbe Desert," p. 297« It is possible that some of the articles found had been left by Fremont's 1854 expedition. |