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Show 3747 Stone- D 1768 recall it, was fairly uniform during the time I was there; sometimes it got rather low, but here was no great flood in there at that time. Q And what change, if any, did you see in the sandbars? A The sand and mud bars were shifting to a greater or less extent with every change in current volume, in the volume of the current. Q That is, there was a constant rearrangement? A Practically so, yes sir. Q Can you tell me, Mr. Stone, what months you were there? A The months of October and November. Q How did you leave Glen canyon? A Mr. Galloway, Mr. Knox, who had accompanies me from Columbus, Ohio, -- Mr. Galloway was a western man; Mr. Knox had come out with me from Columbus; he was also interested in that venture, and the three of us took one of Stanton's boats when we got ready to go out, came down stream to Lees Ferry, and then out across the desert to Flagstaff, where we took the train for home. Q From what point did you start on that trip -- what point in Glen canyon did you start down? A From near the mouth of Trachyte creek. Q Do you recall the progress of that trip down stream? |