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Show before ( tbe the ) expedition reached 57G Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . CR . 1942 . ) He remembers they came upstream ( tliree three ) or four miles with one of the boats on the finish , and it took them all day to get up where the ( instru instru- instru ) ( ments inents ) were and get back . The line ( had bad ) been run along from day to day , they got close to Lees Ferry , and went on in to that place because they ( wanted -wanted wanted ) to get something to eat . He kept notes on this trip , and has them with him . He is referring to the second Stanton Expedition . ( R . 1942 , 1943 . ) He remembers Mr . Nims ( veiy very ) well . ( R . 1944 . ) At that time he was acting as a boatman , and it was afterwards he had to take over the cooking as a side line . ( R . 1945 . ) When going downstream in rowboats on all of the expedition that he had testified to , when he was pulling downstream he would be facing ( up- up ) stream ; but part of the time he steered with an oar in an oarlock at the rear end of the boat , ( and ana ) when he occupied a position like that he ( would wolild ) face downstream . ( Vol . 11 . R . 1948 . ) The purpose of the 1891 trip was to locate a lost mine that was supposed to be in the lower canyon near Bright Angel , somewhere in the Kaibab ( For- For ) est on the north rim . ( R . 1948-1949 . ) They had other interests besides the lost mine but that ( was 'was was ) , their ultimate goal . It was their intention to ( pros pros- pros ) ¬ pect the whole ( canyon canyou ) all the way down and they expected to be there for a year ( or oT ) ( more rnore ) , but they ( went Nveilt ) more or less directly to the Cataracts , and did 0 |