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W e d 26 left Camp late and proceed"1 to the upper wells One of them delightful water being entirely fresh the rest in No. about 10 all Brackish this day Buried Mr Luke Halloran hauling him in his Coffin this distan[ce] 2 which we only mad[e] and Buried heem as above Stated at the forks of the [road] One Turning directly South to Camp the other W e s t or onward. 34 Thur 27 left early this day and went west for half the day at the foot of the Lake [Stansbury] Mountains the latter Yl °* t n e day our Course S. W . to a No. of Brackish Wells making 16 miserable water35 Frid 28 left Camp and glad to do, so, in hopes of finding fresh water on our way but without Success untill evening when it was time to Camp Came to a No of delightful fresh water wells66 this Camp is at the Most Suthern point of the Salt Lake 20 miles North west 37 we Commence the long drive W e are taking in water, Grass, and wood for the various requirements. 38 12 Adobe Rock, the approximate location of the two graves in Grantsville is now fixed on the mutually supporting authority of the Lienhard and Reed journals, and a historical marker can now be erected to commemorate the burial place of the first two overland immigrants to be committed to Utah soil. To locate the graves exactly, however, is anotiier matter. Reed says Halloran was buried "at the forks of the road," and explains that one road turned "directly Soudi to Camp die other West or onward." But what does he mean by "directly Soudi to Camp"? If his own camp, which would be most logical, are we to assume that the road west from the "Lower Wells" passed the area of die "Upper Wells" below or north of the "Upper Wells," and that a road branched off a few hundred yards soudi to die camp ground—this road perhaps also being die western terminus of the road through Tooele Valley Jefferson traveled? If so, further researches as to the exact location of the graves must be prosecuted a little north of the area tentatively identified in the previous note as the location of the "Upper Wells." "The fact that Reed twice related the circumstance of the burial would indicate that his journal was kept somewhat spasmodically, and diat in bringing it up to date, he repeated himself. Of the events of the 26th Thornton says simply (p. 103), "The day . . was spent, witii the exception of a change of camp, in committing the body of their friend to the dust." "Normally the first camp made after leaving the area of Grantsville was at Burnt Spring in Skull Valley, distant about 19 or 20 miles. Reed's distance, 16 miles, might be merely a faulty estimate, but if so, next day he overestimates the distance to the fresh water at Iosepa by about 3 miles. Any errors in the estimates cancel out if Burnt Spring was the intermediate point. It may be that he did not actually make it to Burnt Spring on the 27th and stopped at a saline spring short of it; but as against this, he relates having traveled a southwest course—that is, into Skull Valley—the latter part of the day. "At Iosepa, the name of which is reminiscent of a Hawaiian colony once established in Skull Valley. "Here and in his entry for August 30 Reed seems to regard the marshes at the north end of Skull Valley as a southern arm of Great Salt Lake. **At Iosepa, Thornton says (p. 103), the company "found a letter from Lansford W . Hastings, informing them that it would occupy two days and nights
