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 396 Peter Skene Ogden Journal. 1828-1829 If Mr. McLeod has succeeded in reaching Bona Ventura he must have crossed this stream. We have only 50 traps re- maining and my party are too weak to advance. I told the Indians in three months they would see us again. 1 Thursday 2nd of June. We are directing our course to Sylvaille's River Day's De- file and Snake River, Unknown River is known as Swampy River or Paul's River, 2 as he must remain here till the great trumpet shall sound. Sunday 5th June: Left Unknown River in the rear. Saturday 25th June : we are now across the Blue Mountains reaching a small fork of Day's River. Hope to reach Nez Perces in 12 days. Tuesday 5 July: As the track to Nez Perces is now well known, and no dan- ger to be apprehended, I shall to-morrow leave with 2 men for the fort. Thus ends my 5th trip to the Snake Country. We have no cause to complain of our returns. 3 1 Mr. Ogden kept his appointment. The following fall he passed this way on the way to California, of which journey we have no record. 2A few more names for this river, which should rightly be designated the Ogden river, instead of the Humboldt. Maj. Chittenden and others speak of it being called Mary's river, which evidently was merely a trapper's story similar to another told by Jos. V. Meek to Mrs. Victor; see Or. Hist. Quarterly for Nov., 1909. 3According to previous entry on the 15th of May the catch amounted to 125 beaver to the man or over 3500, with the two detached parties to hear from as to later success. The responsibility of getting these valuable furs to the Columbia in safety must have been considerable. One authority (John Keist Lord) states that they were transported in packs of sixty pounds each and two packs to the horse.