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Show 577 no prospecting along the Green River as they went down , nor on the Colorado until they reached ( Cata- Cata ) ( ract Tact ) Canyon . ( R . 1949-1950 . ) He ( didn't didnt ) ( person person- person ) ally make the plans ; ( he lie ) was simply working for the company and whatever they wished done , he did to the best of his ability . He knew enough about the purpose of the expedition to know they were to go down the canyon of the Colorado River below Cataract Canyon , prospect from there on down to Bright Angel , and then try to locate the lost mine . ( R . 1950 . ) The men in the party ( who -who who ) had made the trip before this , besides himself , were Mr . Kane and Mr . McDonald . ( Mr Air ) . McDonald was the head boatman , and Kane was also a boatman . The engineer of the party was John Hyslop , and the entire party was in charge of J . S . Best . Mr . Best ( had bad ) not been through before , but Mr . Hyslop ( had bad ) been with Mr . Stanton . They talked fully of their experiences on the river . ( R . 1951 . ) He ( re- re ) calls making fifty or sixty marks so he could ( re- re ) member where the channel was [ on the trip down the Green River , in the boat named Major ( Poivell Powell ) . These marks were made on rock with paint which had been left over after the boat was painted . ( R . 1952 . ) In coming back upstream they found that the channel had changed in a dozen places or more . He recalls they were gone about three weeks on this trip , and believes the date was in April . They came back in the same month , but on the return trip there had been a rise in the river . ( R . 1953 . ) ( 33307-31--yor 3330731yor ) . 1-- 37 |
