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Show 437 first and second expeditions passed the mouth , of the Escalante River without discovering it . The Spanish name for the Crossing of the Fathers is ( "ElVado ElVado ) de Los Padres . " ( R . 1540 . ) ( "When When When ) they got to the Crossing of the Fathers , they found ( Hainblin Hamblin ) had succeeded in getting there with ( sup- sup ) plies and had gone ( 011 on ) to the Hopi towns across the river at that point , leaving the supplies there in charge of a couple of prospectors . These supplies were brought in by pack ( inule mule ) , the only way they could be brought in . ( R . 1541 . ) After the ( expe- expe ) dition reached Lees Ferry the first year , they waited for a while and finally went by pack mule and ( horseback horsebacIc ) out to ( Kanab B-Cauab BCauab ) , ( Utah -Utah Utah ) , Powell having ( arranged arrangecd ) to have the horses brought down to the river [ Lees Ferry ] across the Kaibab Plateau and down ( Houserock Houseroelc ) Valley . The guide who was ( bringing briugging ) in these horses and supplies got lost on Paria Plateau and wandered around about ten days before he found a way to get down to where ( they -they they ) were at Lees Ferry . He then went ( from froin ) Lees Ferry to ( Kanab Kauab ) by following the base of the ( Trum- Trum ) ble Cliffs to Houserock Springs , then in a ( north- north ) westerly ( direction ILULLOction ) ( over OVC-1 OVC1 ) the Kaibab Plateau into Prisoner Valley , a wide valley south of Kanab , and across ( this -t-his this ) valley to ( Eiglitmile Eightmile ) Spring , then on to Kanab where our headquarters for the rest of the season were located . ( R . 1541-1542 . ) Kanab at that time consisted of a fort , ( with -with with ) a ( stockade stochade ) of ( one-story onestory ) log houses , a schoolhouse , and eight or |