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13th of July we reached the Paria, where we expected to 
find several of our party, but they were not there. We dis¬ 
covered that some one had come in here since our last visit, 
and built a house. It proved to be John D. Lee, of Mountain 
Meadow Massacre notoriety, who had established a home here 
for one of his two remaining wives. He called the place 
Lonely Dell, and it was not a misnomer. It is now known as 
Lee’s Ferry. Mrs. Lee XVIII. proved to be an agreeable 
woman, and she and her husband treated us very kindly, in¬ 
viting us, as we had nothing but bread and coffee, to share 
their table, an offer we gladly accepted. Here Johnson and 
Fennemore left us, going out with Lee to Kanab, and two 
days later we were relieved to see some of our men arrive with 
a large amount of supplies and mail. We then waited for the 
coming of Powell and Thompson with the others, when we 
were to cast off and run the gauntlet of the Grand Canyon. 
