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Show 123 ( 'upon upon ) his expeditions suggest that General ( Fremont Frernont ) ever thought of using the Green or Colorado Rivers as highways of travel to ( California CalifoTnia ) . ( ( Fremont ni-emont niemont ) and 149 , from ( "The The ) ( Romance Romauce ) of the Colorado River , 72 ( ly by ) Dellenbaugh , Chapter 6 , Exhibit 13 . ) Expedition of W . L . Manly In the year 1849 , ( "W W 'NAI NAI ) . L . Manly and some ( com- com ) panions set out from a point near Green River , Wyoming , in an old ( scow sco-w scow ) ( ferryboat feTryboat ) , twelve feet long and six feet wide , in an attempt to reach California . The expedition was abandoned near the mouth of the Uinta River and from that point Manly and some of the party continued overland to California . ( ( "The The ) Romance of the Colorado ( Kiver River ) , " page 132 , by Dellenbaugli , ' Exhibit 13 ; ( "The The ) Colorado River / 3 Chapter 6 , by ( Freeman F-Teeman FTeeman ) , ( Exhibit IxIbibit ) 81 . ) This expedition is important on the question of navigation for two reasons . 1 . Because it came at a time when the gold rush vas on for California and when any route to ( Cali- Cali ) fornia which lessened the labor of the overland journey across the Great Basin was eagerly ( sought souglit ) . 2 . Because it gave to the world definite ( knowl- knowl ) edge of the sections of the ( Gieen GTeen ) River actually traveled by Manly . 96891-30-9 |