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1048 Groundings were made on sand bars several times a day. when this happened the boatmen would try to push the boats off with cars. if this was not successful they would get out of the boats, got into the water, and push the boats off. Lewis R. Freeman, with whom Thomas is acquainted, was a member of that expedition as boatman. R. 2498- 2499. The photograph which appears opposite page 175 of Complainant's Exhibit No. 81, which is a book entitled " Down the Grand Canyon", by Lewis R. Freeman, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1917, [ sic 1924] is a picture of the other tandem boat, photographed from the one in which he [ Thomas] was riding. It was taken shortly after passing the Crossing of the Fathers. R. 2489- 2490. " This boat, which was traveling ahead of curs, ran aground. " Cur boat passed them, and I think we gibed them a little as we went by, - jollied them, - and we went on, presuming they would get off within a reasonable time - didn't take more than five minutes to get off of these bars usually. " In this case we went on to Warm creek, which was our objective for camping that night; we made camp - reached there about four- thirty, and that boat came in about six o'clock." R. 2490. It required eight days to make the trip, Lees Ferry being reached on September 16th. The night before reaching Lees Ferry, camp was made at the mouth of Waweep, which is just above the Utah- Arizona line. " Q From that point on in to Lees Ferry did you have any difficulty, that you recall? " A I find in may sketchy diary which I kept that we crossed the interstate boundary immediately after leaving camp, and we got stuck almost immediately after we left the camp. |
