The following spring, Bridger trapped in northwest Colorado. In the fall, the rendezvous was held at the Salmon River. Bridger's group had only 55 packs of beaver, but it was more than the rest. On June 20, 1834, the five partners dissolved the company. Shortly afterward, FitzPatrick, Milt Sublette, and Bridger formed a new company. In the spring of 1835, Bridger and his partners bought Fort Laramie from William Sublette and Robert Campbell. That year the rendezvous was on the Green River, but the season had not been good.
One good thing came out of the rendezvous. Bridger met Dr. Samuel Parker and Dr. Marcus Whitman, the missionaries. Bridger heard Whitman was a surgeon so he asked him to cut the arrowhead out of his back. It was quite an event for the camp. Everyone gathered around, including the Indians, to watch the surgery. It took some time as cartilage had formed around the point, but Whitman got it out.
At that rendezvous Bridger married a Flathead girl, the daughter of a chief. After the rendezvous, she and her family went with Bridger to the Grand Tetons. Bridger's good friend Joe Meek was chased down by Indians and captured. The Indians quizzed him about how many men were in his party and where they were to meet. They hiked to the place Meek said the white men were camped.
The Indians approached the Yellowstone River from a ridge. Below were Bridger and the other men. When a man got close the Indians made Meek yell to get his attention. The man rode back to tell Bridger what was happening. Bridger came and asked Meek what tribe it was. When Meek replied they were Crow, Bridger knew just what to do. He told Meek to have one of the lesser chiefs come out and smoke with him.
They sent a man named Little Gun. Both men stripped to breech cloths and moccasins. When Bridger reached to hug him and kiss him in their tradition, some of Bridger's men, who were
