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The year previous I had given my word to Fremont that in case he should return for the purpose of making any more exploration I would willingly join him, he reached Bents fort about the 1st of August and made enquiries about me. He heard of my being on the Cimarron + sent an express to me. Then Cravens and I sold out for about half what our farm was worth and we joined Fremont from whom we both received employment. We first went up the Arkansas River to where it comes out of the mountains thence to the Butler? Islands, thence to the Arkansas River above the unclear and up to its head waters then we crossed over to the unclear river, went down it to about twenty five miles of its mouth, then on to the Grand River which we crossed and then on to the head of the White river, we went down the White River to near where it empties into the Green river never crossed the Green River and went on to the unclear We travelled up the river to near where it comes out of the mountains, then we left it crossed the mountains and journeyed on to Prevost fork Which was named on account of a party of trappers having been defeated on it by a party of Indians, the trappers were under the charge of a man named Prevost. His party was all killed with the exception of four. We then travelled down the Prevost River to the little unclear lake which empties into the great Salt lake and followed it unclear to near the great Salt lake, unclear Fremont made his camp, some distance south of our former encampment, in our front their was a larger island, the largest of the lake, we were informed by the Indians that there was an abundance of fresh water and plenty of Antelope on it. Fremont to a few men, I being one, and went on to the island to explore it, we found that it contained good grass water timber