Nothing was heard of him again until January 29, 1883, nine years later, when General Adams received a letter from Cheyenne, Wyoming, in which a Salt Lake prospector stated that he had met Packer face to face in that locality.
Ez zen haren berririk izan 1883.go urtarrilaren 20a arte, bederatzi urte beranduago, Adams generalak Cheyennetik-Wyoming-gutun bat jaso zuen arte; gutun hartan Salt Lakeko esploratzaile batek Packer aurrez-aurre aurkitu zuela ziurtatzen zuen.