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Show ( not iiot ) at Greenriver , Utah 556 , there at that time , ( hut but ) ( they tlicy ) came in within the next couple of ( clays days ) ( ITOUI from ) ( "Waiikegan Waiikegan ) , ( Illinois-three Illinoisthree ) of ( them thein ) . They were oak boats ( twenty-two twentytwo ) feet long , ( four faur ) and a half foot beam , ( thirty-two thirtytwo ) inches deep , being ( keel heel ) boats ; they had ten ( air-tight airtight ) ( compartments eompartineuts ) along the sides and ends . The two in the ends ( were ivere ) ( water-tight watertight ) , with ( water-tight watertight ) ( hatches batches ) in which . we packed perishable supplies such as photographic material and ( stuff stufIC ) we ( didn't didnt ) care to have ( wet NNret ) ; the other provisions ( were vere ) packed in rubber sacks made especially for this trip ; they would hold about two ( twenty-five twentyfive twenty-fi- twentyfi ) pound sacks of flour , and other provisions that might be damaged by water . These ( rubber Tubber ) sacks had a fold top ( which -which which ) , when rolled ( tight fight ) and laced , made them ( water-tight watertight ) . Lost them and picked them up a week afterwards in good condition . This was what is known as the second Stanton expedition . There were 12 in the party . The survivors are Mr . Kane , Mr . ( McDon McDon- McDon ) ald , Mr . Nims , and himself . ( R . ( 1894r-1895 1894r1895 1894-1895 ) . ) From Greenriver , Utah , the party proceeded to Hanksville , the boats being loaded on wagons , and ( were -were were ) hauled overland from Hanksville down what was then known as Crescent Creek to mouth of that creek on the Colorado River . Crescent Creek is the ( same salue ) thing as North Wash , its mouth being located about five or six miles up the river above Hite , Utah . There was a wagon road from Greenriver in to Hanksville . . |
