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Utah region In the vicin- vicin vicinity vtcinIty In- In InJty - Jty ity of Mexican Hat and a previousriver previous previousriver prevlouriver river trip through the Cataract Cataractcanyon Cataractcanyon Cataraccanyon canyon of the Colorado taken by byNorman byNorman b , Norman D NevlsEarly Nevils NevUs Nevls ( I | Early EJarly Sunday morning the Lope Lope1 Loper ' ) I expedition left for Ouray while whUe the theNevll18 theNevllIs thiNevllls Nevll18 NevllIs boabs boats did not leave W1tU until unti2pm 2 p m The Loper party plan to toreach toreach t < their destination destlnation at Oreen Green- Green Greenriver Greenrtver - river rtver Utah Jt July y 4th The NevUlagroup NevUl NevUla NevUls NevUlsgroup i group plan to reach rea.ch . Lake Meaa Mean Meaathe Meanthe Mea Meathe < the latter part of August after be- be - beIng being beIng - Ing on the river nearly two month months monthsThe monthsThe ! The river parties were entertain- entertain entertained - ed by Mr and Mrs Bus HatchMrs Hatch HatchMrs Mrs W E . E . . Wttbeck Witbeck and Mr and andMni andMrs aniMrs Mni Mrs Wm B Wallis WaUl . * . . Included In the Nevils party are areMr arMr Mr and Mrs Nevils of or Mexica Mexican MexicanI MexicanRat ; I Utah Dr Hugh Cutler of at at St atI atLouis StLouts St ' I Louis Louts Mo botanist Mildred Mlldred Baker Baker Ba Baker ker of Buffalo N Y assistant bot but botanist butanist anist . Dell Reed Mexican & Hat H&t Ht aboatman a boatman Charles W Larabee ot of otKa ofKane o f Kuruwf Kane Ka , City Mb Mo photagraplu1r photogyaphgr photographerB photagraplu1rB photogyaphgrB : B W Deason Sal Salt t Lake miningman mining miningman minin man and John Southworth OIcn Glen- Glen Glendale Glendale - , . ? , . > . . - . . - . . _ . - dale Calif mIning engineer _ _ |