At North Platte the expedition met 60 Crows who had been chasing Cheyennes. Bonneville partied with the Crows and thought they were most hospitable and friendly until he found out they had robbed him of his knives, wallet - even his coat buttons. Poor naive Ben...By July of 1832 they were at the Sweetwater River and the Shining Mountains (the Rockies) were in view. They became the first substantial wagon train to go through the South Pass - which in 10 years would be the Gateway to the Pacific.
The party continued to the Green River, a northern branch of the Colorado and camped at Horseshoe Creek in Wyoming.
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