Jedediah Smith & Big John Turner:
During the day the Indians came from their hiding places on all sides of this strange group of men and animals, watched them intently....The Indians were alarmed for their own safety. None dared expose himself....Much talk took place....

The man (Big JohnTurner) wore a round cap of fur. He had on his feet tanned skins...(His) face was covered with hair from here (the cheeks) to here (the chest). He was a young man.. .he was carrying something in his right hand, it rested on his (right) shoulder (a gun). In the other hand he held a strong string which was fastened to the large animal (a horse)...following him. On the back of the animal was a big thing (a saddle).

In 1900,Captain Spott told these memories to his son Robert Spott, who, in 1931, told them to David Rhys Jones,a retired college professor from Oregon. II:148-149