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Show ( through tlixougli ) . Two yearspTevious ( 208 9-08 ) , J . F . Stone of ( Colum Ooluni- Ooluni ) ¬ bus , Ohio , and Nathan Galloway , a hunter and , ( irctp- irctp txap- txap ) per , went down with a party of five people . ( HG Ho ) ( had "had had ) corresponded with Stone before ( he lie ) ( came uquie ) through as to the possibility of going as a ( photog photog- photog ) ¬ ( rapher Tapher ) . He had also read the books published ( by by- by ) F . S . Dellenbaugh who ( acconipailied"Major acconipailiedMajor ) Powell on his second trip and Mr . Dellenbaugh is ( ree- ree ) ognized as the great historian of the Colorado . River . ( R . 765-766 . ) He believes they left Green River , ( Wyoming Wyomin ) , September 8 , instead of September ( 18 IS ) , and ( with Nvith ) ( , . ) his brother ( and alid ) James Fagin . Prior to the time they ( went -went went ) on this trip he had crossed the river several times about a mile ( above- above ) Bright Angel trail . His brother had had ( consid consid- consid ) ( erably orably ) more experience and had swam a great ( many many- many ) horses across the river . ( R . ( 766-767 766---767 ) . ) There ( was -wtis wtis ) a whirlpool and a lively riffle . His brother crossed ( many niany ) ( animals aiiinials ) there , but ( he lie ) was only , in on one of these experiences and had had no ( ex- ex ) perience in running rapids before ( lie he ) started the , ( trip ta-ip taip ) . ( R . 768 . ) Starting at Green River , Wyoming , it was ap . 7 ( proximately proxhiiately ) sixty miles , he believes , down to the first canyon and there was too little water to make any speed ( arid and ) it took them about four ( clays days ) . They ( were wiere ) down to the ( Utah-Wyomilig UtahWyomilig ) line . ( R . 769 . ) , Just across the ( line lhie ) , he entered ( Plaining Flanihig ) Gorge . |