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Show 3543 1565 54 Dellenbaugh- D great success, because he was so cautious and provided against contingencies. When they were camped in Green river valley, which was the great rendezvous at that time, 1825, for the trappers, they conceived the idea of going down the Green river, I suppose to see whether there was beaver there. Q About what time did they start? A They started at the lower end of Green river valley just before it closes in at Flaming Gorge; they went down -- they built boats and they went down to the Uintah valley. We found wreckage in the canyon of Lodore, which Major Powell attributed to Ashley's party or to one preceding it, which was a party that preceded Manly. He found the names of this party; they had wrecked their boats; they had their names tacked on a tree; he copied those names and put them in his diary; the diary was burned up, so we don't know who they were. Q Was that the Manly party? A That was just before Manly; they were wrecked in Lodore; we found the wreckage there also when we were there. Those were the only parties that went down. In your investigation of the historical matters surrounding this river, have you found that anybody outside of Manly and Ashley and the party prior to Manly's party had ever attempted to use this river? |