plains and mountains. During the first part of their journey they sometimes
followed a wagon road to Oregon, and sometimes they made new roads. The
shallow rivers they forded, the deep ones they built bridges over, and the
large ones they crossed in ferry boats which they built. After these
ferries had been built the pioneers sometimes took over companies on their
way to Oregon and received provisions for their pay.

[Illustration: MAP OF PIONEER ROUTE.]

The map will show you the route they took better than can be told here.

The pioneers did not know exactly where they were to locate. It was to be
in some valley of the Rocky mountains where they could live in peace, free
from mobs. When President Young was asked as to their destination, all he
could say was that he would know the place when he should see it, and that
they should continue to travel the way the Spirit of the Lord directed
them.

On their journey they often met scouts and trappers. One of the best known
of these was Col. James Bridger. He had been all through the valley of the
Great Salt Lake, he said, and he told the pioneers that they could not live
there, as nothing would grow. So sure was he of this that he offered to
give a thousand dollars for the first bushel of corn they could raise in
that valley. President Young simply said, "Wait a little and we will show
you."

When they left the plains and got up in the mountains some of them became
sick with the mountain fever. Among those ailing was President Young. He
became so bad that he could not travel, so when they were in Echo canyon he
instructed Orson Pratt to take the main company on and he with a few men