[104] Life in the Far West, by George Frederick Ruxton.
[105] Though beaver trapping was no longer profitable, yet the fur business was still carried on, and, as Chittenden points out, is to-day greater than ever. Furs now come from a much wider range, however.
[106] Books about the Mormons are full of prejudice one way or the other. The most valuable account I know is The Story of the Mormons, by William A. Linn.
[107] The reader may conclude from my remarks on alcoholic beverages that I am a Prohibitionist or a teetotaler, yet such is not the case. But the manner in which whiskey was furnished to the natives, and the way in which it debauches the frontier towns, are a disgrace to humanity.
[108] For location of forts and trading posts see Chittenden, History of the American Fur Trade, Part III., with an excellent map.
[109] Captivity of the Oatman Girls, R. B. Stratton.
[110] Jacob Hamblin; A Narrative of His Personal Experience, Fifth Book of the Faith Promoting Series, by James A. Little. Juvenile Instructor Office, Salt Lake City, 1881.
[111] The Mormons also settled in southern California, and Major Bell declared "they were the very best fellows" he ever had to do with. In 1859 they were recalled to Utah by Brigham Young, who for the time being concentrated his people in the territory over which they had control.
[112] Provo to Golden.
[113] Being desirous of securing details of Johnson's operations, and finding that he was still living in California, I wrote to him about a year ago requesting information particularly on certain main facts. Instead of giving it to me, he replied that he would soon publish a book in which I would find all the points, and referred me to that. He died soon after, and I have not been able to get track of the book.