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Show 848 after leaving Lee's Ferry, they went out. " Q. Was your party re- supplied at Lee's Ferry " A. Yes, we get quite a lot of supplies. " Q. From what point did they come? " A. They come in from Kanab, or Johnson, I don't remember which; either one or the other, from a store there, ninety miles. [ R. 1999] " Q. Came in overland? " A. Yes, they were brought in by wagon; there was a wagon road. We bought a beef there from Mr. Johnson. " BY THE SPECTIAL MASTER:" " Q. How much stores did you have in your boat when you started from Crescent wash, do you know? " A. I don't remember. " Q. I mean, approximately how much stores did each boat carry have you any idea? " A. Sixteen hundred or seventeen hundred pounds; it eight have been a ton; I don't remember. I know we had sixteen eighty- pound sacks in one boat. " Then there was in the keel, between the floor and the keel was quite a space; we filled that with canned goods of all kinds, Loose in the bottom; it was a keel boat. " BY MR. FARNSWORTH:" " Q. That weight you give is exclusive of passengers? " A. Yes. Mr. Stanton figured an average rate of five miles a day, and provisions, enough of a variety to carry his twelve men until we got to Diamond creek; that was the next supply point. [ R. 2000] |