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Show 843 he lost in Skagway, Alaska.[ R. 1990] " BY MR BLACKMAR: " Q. Just describe the progress of the expedition down the river according to your recollection of it. " A. The first thing, when we not our boats on the water, before they were loaded, we did some practice rowing, so we could work together; there was two oarsmen in each boat, and a steersman. " Mr. Stanton got a man in New York for this trip that was a fine amateur oarsman, had been single skull champion of the east, and his brother and he double skull champions, amateur, His name was Langdon Gibson; his brother was G. D. Gibson, the artist; they both fine oarsmen; this was Langdon Gibson. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. Was Langdon Gibson on this trip? " A. yes. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: I knew him very well. He is dead now. " A. Mr. Gibson an I rowed in Mr. Stanton's boat, the first boat; he rowed the stern oars, I the bow oars, all the way through the canyon. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q. You started to tell about this boat drill that you had. [ R. 1991] " A. The river was rather quiet there along the banks; we rowed back and forth, and he showed us the stroke; we all knew something about rowing, of course, but when it came down |