History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

L'S ADVENT OF TRAPPERS AND TRAVELLERS.
valley of the Willamette River, whose tributaries
drain the whole of Nevada and Utah.
Mr Finle}^ in his map of North America claimed
to have included all the late geographical discoveries,
which claim we may readily allow, and also accredit
him with much not yet and never to be discovered.
The mountains are artistically placed, the streams
made to run with remarkable regularity and directness,
and they are placed in positions affording the best
Finlet's Map, 1826.
facilities for commerce. The lakes and rivers Timpa-
nogos, Salado, and Buenaventura, by their position,
not to say existence, show the hopeless confusion of
the author's mind.
A brief glance at the later visits of white men to
Utah is all that is necessary in this place. The early
emigrants to Oregon did not touch this territory, and
those to California via Fort Bridger for the most part
merely passed through leaving no mark. The emigrants
to Oregon and California in 1841 came together
by the usual route up the Platte, along the Sweetwater,
and through the South Pass to Bear River
Valley. When near Soda Springs those for Oregon