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Show 822 The men in the party who had made the trip before this, besides himself, were Mr. Kane and Mr. McDonald. Mr. McDonald was the head boatman, and Kane was also a boatman. The engineer of the party was John Hyslop, and the entire party was in charge of J. S. Best. Mr. Best had not been through before, but Mr. Hyslop had been with Mr. Stanton. They talked fully of their experiences on the river. R. 1951. He recalls making fifty or sixty marks so he could remember where the channel was [ on the trip down the Green River, in the boat named " Major Powell"]. These marks were made on rock with paint, which had been left over after the boat was painted. R. 1952. In coming back up stream they found that the channel had changed in a dozen places or more. He recalls they were gone about three weeks on this trip, and believes the date was in April. They came back in the same month, but on the return trip there had been a rise in the river. R. 1953. Then when he went down in May, there were some places where the channel was similar, but " there was quite a little change in the river." R. 1953- 1954. " Q. On your May trip did you find the channel had departed from the channel of your first trip up, on your return trip, when you went down in April, or did you find that it had followed that channel most, or had followed the channel you had marked going down most? " A. Every trip we made the channel was different in places. |
