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Show 572 to open them the water had gotten in, and we had to throw the stuff away." R. 1399. At the end of Cataract Canyon there were only three boats left, two boats being lost in Cataract Canyon and one being broken up in order to get nails to repair the other three. R. 1399- 1400. The provision boxes were broken up and provisions were lost out of the boat, so that before they reached the end of Cataract Canyon nearly all of the provisions were used up. The party was divided, Mr. Stanton taking five men and continuing the survey with one boat, while the balance of the party in two boats went down to the placer mines, just above the mouth of the Dirty Devil, to get more provisions. Prior to leaving Greenriver, arrangements had been made to re- supply the party at Lees Ferry, the provisions being brought by wagon from Kanab, Utah. R. 1400 Some supplies were obtained from the placer minors at the mouth of Dirty Devil, but he doesn't know how many men were working there at the time. he thinks there might have been anywhere from twelve to twenty scattered along. He remembers that at a cabin where they stopped there were seven people, one, McDonald. R1400- 1401. The placer mines were above Hite, where Dandy Crossing was; at that time there were not half a dozen |