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expressly to anticipate the expedition of Lieutenant Ives. 
As he was descending he passed Ives on his Explorery a smaller 
boat, going up.' 
^ I have no details of this trip of Johnson’s. He related the incident to Robert 
Brewster Stanton, who told me the main facts. Johnson said his desire was “ to 
get ahead of Ives.” 
