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Show 924 " He stayed at Lees Ferry about fifteen days and while there saw mail brought in by Tom Greenalt and Fred Kaw on horseback from Kanab, Utah, coming by way of Jacob's Pool, and around under the Vermillion Cliffs to there, then he crossed the river there and went through to Moenkopi, from Moenkopi through to either Holdridge or Flagstaff. They made three trips a week. R. 2185. After leaving Cataract Canyon the expedition did not lose and boats on that trip between there and Less Ferry: " we left Lees Ferry with three boats and eight men; we started with six boats and sixteen men." R. 2185. After obtaining supplies the trip continued on down the river and terminated at North Canyon, that is, on the saddle of the Buckskin Mountains. R. 2185. The party then went through the country parallel to Buckskin or Kaibab Mountains to Kane Spring, almost opposite Jacob's Pool where the road swings around the cliff from Houserock to Lees Ferry; then mountains, and Kane Springs is up in there. " Q Did you have any pack animals of any kind? " A Pack nothing, - no; didn't have no clothes, even, hardly. " Q You were on foot? " A Yes, on foot, everybody." R. 2186 Jacob's Pool, Kane Springs and Houserock, were owned and used by the Mormon Church for their cattle, which they had in there. It is a horse range all through there. R. 2186- 2187. From Kane Springs the party went to Kanab and from there to Milford by way of Panguitch, Beaver, and Beaver Canyon. The end of the railroad at that time was up at |