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Show 4547 Freeman- D 2566 had to work in. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q In this library in Los Angeles are the Spanish documents or translations there? A None affecting the subjects that I wrote on, that I know of. Certainly I did not refer to any of them. The accounts I read of Alarcon were mostly from Mr. Dellenbaugh's books. I don't know where the Alarcon records are. In the first chapter I refer to the Castenada, which is the only known account of Coronado's explorations; that was with relation to the visit of Cordenas, believed to be the first white man who had seen the Grand Canyon. That narrative has been in existence a long time, and has been published and republished. I don't know where the original is. Q It was after that preparation that you wrote this book? A After that preparation that I wrote the part concerning the history and exploration. The part concerning the later chapters I gained from my contact with various parties of the Geological Survey, and other engineers with whom I had voyaged on the river. MR. BLACKMAR: You and I agree that wherever Mr. Freeman quotes from historical documents, those may be accepted with the same evidentiary value as if the originals were produced? |