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Show 3977 Kane- D 1997 A With water, with sand and gravel. Q Was the flume still there? A Yes, part of it, -- not all of it, part of it was there. Q Did this expedition stop at Lees Ferry? A Yes; stopped over Christmas there; got there, I believe, the evening of the 23rd, or the afternoon of the 23rd, and stayed there until after Christmas. Q Do you recall, Mr. Kane, at what point Mr. Stanton picked up his survey line? A No, I do not, except I think it was about two or three days before we go into Lees Ferry; we were looking for the point along there, I know, and stopping and looking to find this point, and we finally found it, and carried the survey on from there; it was below the San Juan. Q Did you participate in the survey yourself? A Yes, I carried a rod. Q How large a place was Lees Ferry? A Just a ranch house and a family there; there was a man and his wives, and I think nine or ten children; and then he had a man there named Al Huntington, that made his headquarters there, and elderly man, I thought he was a very old man, but I know now he was just a middle- aged man; and that was all. We camped in what is called the old stone fort, about |
