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Show 15 Compl No 49 is . Exh . . . . photograph showing ( typi- typi ) cal canyon walls ; principally sandstone ; ; river has cut steep wall banks , especially on outer banks ; ; banks rise from 150 to 400 ft . above level of water . . Steep walls sides . . Walls below steep and of ( igne- igne ) ous rock . ( R 73 ) . . . The three boats had a draft of 14 to 18 inches . . ( R . . 73 . . ) Did not encounter any other boat and saw only man between junction of Green and ( Colo- Colo ) rado Rivers down to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . Five miles below mouth of ( Fremont' Fremont ) ( River Pliver ) saw a cabin along shore ; found William Carpenter , a miner ( and -and and ) trapper , , living there alone . Secures supplies every two or three months , bringing them in by horseback ; . . no road down to river at that point . ( R . 74 ) It took the expedition about sixteen days to make the trip from Greenriver , Utah , to Lees Ferry . ( R . . 74 . . ) No town at Hite ; found an old building that had evidently been used for a post office ; saw no one ; none of shacks ( inhabited inbabited ) . No town , store , or post office at Lees Ferry . Ferry ; man and family and two brothers lived there . A ferry boat and two or three small boats ; small boats used to cross river when did not want to use ferry ( R ( 74r-75 74r75 74-75 ) ) . . . . . . ( Gross-examination Grossexamination Cross-exantination Crossexantination ) ( S Vol 1 ) . , . . , pp . . 75-97 : ( Encountered ncountered ) first rapid water about eight miles below Greenriver , place where turn in river ; ( con- con ) siderably water . . |
