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Show 3971 Kane- D 1991 A The first thing, when we got our boats on the water, before they were loaded, we did some practice rowing, so we could work together; there was two oarsmen in each boat, and a steersman. Mr. Stanton got a man in New York for this trip that was a fine amateur oarsman, had been single skull champion of the east, and his brother and he double skull champions, amateur. His name was Langdon Gibson; his brother was O. O. Gibson, the artist; they were both fine oarsmen; this was Langdon Gibson. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Was Langdon Gibson on this trip? A Yes. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I know him very well. He is dead now. A Mr. Gibson and I rowed in Mr. Stanton's boat, the first boat; he rowed the stern oars. I the bow oars, all the way through the canyon. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q You started to tell about this boat drill that you had. A The river was rather quiet there along the banks; we rowed back and forth, and he showed us the stroke; we all knew something about rowing, of course, but when it came down to real rowing, we didn't know a great deal, but we had the |
