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Show 1081 " Of special use was Julius Stone, of Columbus. Ohio, and some of the Stanton records on New York which I had across to through the courtesy of his daughter, Anna Stanton Burchard. " Generally, I might say every available source which I believed to be authentic was consulted in the restricted time I had to work in." R. 2565- 2566 The accounts I read of Alaroon were mostly from Mr. Dellenbaugh's books. " I don't know where the Alaroon records are. " In the first chapter I refer to the Castenada, which is the only known account of Coronado's explorations; that was with relation to the visit of Cordenas, believed to be the first white man who had seen the Grand Canyon. " That narrative has been in existence a long time, and has been published and republished. I don't know where the original is." R. 2566 It was after that preparation that " I wrote the book concerning the history and exploration" " The part concerning the later chapters I gained from my contact with various parties of the Geological Survey, and other engineers with whom I had voyaged on the river." R. 2566 " Q. Mr. Freeman, in your investigation of the Colorado river did you find that any of the Indians in and about the Colorado river ever used the river for transportation? " A. Only on the lower river, as far as I know, |