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Show 596 photograph of it. " BY MR. FARNSWORTH: " Q With reference to that inscription, on page 263 I call your attention to this language, used by you in this article, ' Through the Colorado River', referring to the inscription: ( Reads:) [ R. 1446] ' As it could be made only from the water by some one either in a bout or on a raft, we concluded that it was done by one of a party of French Canadians, or voyageurs, who are supposed to have attempted to explore this river, thirty- six years before Major Powell's party passed through here.' " A Yes. " Q ( Reads:) ' What their fate was, I have not been able to learn.'" R. 1447. " Q That was not the place that I had in mind when I started my question. Then you go on and describe those placers and the way they are operated: ( Reads:) [ R. 1447.] ' As this is the highway between Utah and Arizona'-- that is at Lee's Ferry? " A Yes. " Q ( Reads:) |
