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<br />boats, City of Montrose and John C, Bell (after Congressman
<br />Bell), of stout oak frames, bound with iron and covered with
<br />canvas, The boats were supplied by John Pelton from his
<br />private lake, They had tins of meat, vegetables, and hard tack
<br />sufficient for a month's trip. Cameras, surveying instruments,
<br />including an aneroid barometer, pocket compass, and sur-
<br />veyor's chain, and notebooks were protected in waterproof
<br />tins, On September 5, at 10 o'clock, after all was packed, they
<br />signaled by revolver shots to watchers above that the expedi-
<br />tion was underway.
<br />On the first day, the men had to carry boats and provisions
<br />on their shoulders past many bad stretches of the river, and
<br />by evening had journeyed only three-quarters of a mile, Next
<br />- - day, about two
<br /><:.('!f miles from the
<br />.":Fl'" starting place,
<br />, ,"', the John C.
<br />f" }' Bell parted its
<br />-:'~-'~ ~:." line, struck a
<br />rock and sank,
<br />carrying with
<br />it many provi-
<br />sions and
<br />equipment, in-
<br />cluding Tor-
<br />rence's fie I d
<br />glasses, Only
<br />the blankets,
<br />which floated.
<br />were s a v ed,
<br />That night the
<br />men found refuge in a cave above the water, where they
<br />cooked their evening meal over a drift\vood fire.
<br />Next day they continued in the one remaining boat. About
<br />eleven miles down the canyon, wet from the rain and river
<br />water, they rendezvoused with a party under Mr, Denniston
<br />who came down from the rim. After a long respite, the men
<br />returned to the canyon on September 25 to continue the trip,
<br />It was optimistically conjectured that "the rest of the trip
<br />which is not so rough will probably be made in a few days,""
<br />Periodically during the course of the trip, friends had been
<br />watching for the party from the canyon rim above, When they
<br />finally spied them for the first time, the watchers shouted and
<br />fired shots to attract the attention of the five men, but the
<br />roar of the river drowned out the salutations, At last, they
<br />.ent a cascade of rocks down the canyon slope which did alert
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<br />dt'lar of lht' trip that I'elh'n \\('nt to II('n"('r and !"ucct's!'fully i>n('ollrageJ E. 0
<br />\\'("Ilcott to intr,..ducf' a bill into the l'. ~. St:-mHe for appropriali(ln of mone~! tn
<br />conslrm.t thl' l'ropogl'd '_liven_Ion tunnt'I uno! dllQh.
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