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informed them how far it was to the mines. A good many miners had wintered there. [[These??]] men sold their horses and a party started to cut a trail to the Trinity. On their first arrival at Trinidad they found a tree with Greggs name, the date of his visit & the latitude & longitude on it. This was afterwards cut down.

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George W. Taggart

Came on to the Trinity from Reding's diggings in company with Vance in the spring, say February 1850. About 30 persons had wintered there. He remained till the last of March & then started for the South fork on an exploring expedition & thence down the S. Fork, to the cañon rafted it and found an Indian trail on the ridge between the forks, followed this down to the mouth of the S. Fork where he found some Oregonians encamped. There he heard from a negro who had come up that Trinidad was discovered. Taggart & Nichols made a canoe Moore, Mc Dermot, Buck & Bird came down with a train of mules just as they had finished it & the next morning they crossed the mules & ferried back 60 persons going from Trinidad to the mines. This was about May 1st. They & Mc Dermots party were aiming for the mouth of the Klamath to locate. Moore McDermot & Taggart went down to the forks, leaving the others at Burnt Ranch to meet at Elk Camp. Taggart & his party reached the mouth of Trinity May 12.50. & recognized the Klamath by its muddy or milky waters of which they had heard from the Oregonians. They thus preceded the party from below (Gullions) in discovering the forks.

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