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Show The first expedition , of 436 course , ( avoided tivoided ) the ( slioal Shoal ) . because they could see right where it was . . From the Crossing of the Fathers on down the Colorado River to the mouth of Paria , River , that is ( to-day today ) called Lees Ferry , Arizona , they encountered no difficulties and there was no ( settlement settlenient ) at Lees Ferry at that ( time thne ) . ( R . 1538-1539 . ) They had known of the Crossing of the Fathers , as Escalante crossed there in 1776 , and it was an historic place . . Also Jacob Hamblin of Southern ( Utah 'Utah Utah ) Indian , Agent of the Mormon Church for Southern Utah , had crossed there four or five times , first in 1858Y and they were , therefore , on the lookout for this crossing . Between Gunnison Crossing [ ( Green- Green ) river , Utah ] and Lees Ferry , Arizona , the party was not resupplied until they reached the ( Cross- Cross ) ing of the Fathers , as Jacob Hamblin ( couldn't couldnt couldn7t ) find the mouth of the Dirty Devil River , or at least he ( couldn't couldnt ) get there , as he was on the wrong stream ( entirely entirel3r ) , and they , therefore , had to run past the Dirty Devil on the rations that Powell had , brought in from ( Manti ALIanti ) . They found out in the spring of 1872 when they went back into the region of the Dirty Devil ( River- River ) that Hamblin had been on the wrong river , the Escalante River , as they ( named nained ) it . ( R . ( 1540 105,1110 ) . . ) ( Al- Al ) though they already knew that Hamblin had failed to ( get cret ) our supplies there , as he had sent an Indian runner to the Uintah Indian ( Agency Acrelicy ) to tell Powell lie ( couldn't couldnt ) get to the ( designated desicrDated ) place , both the |