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Show 76 to fast water before that. Q I was merely using your language. You say that was the first rapid water you came to; that was your language; and I just wanted to know if you meant exactly what you said. A I mean that was the first rapids we came to. Q Then there was this other rapid water, that you might term rapid water, about eight miles below Greenriver? A Yes, sir. Q Is that a place where there was a sudden turn in the river? A Yes, sir. Q Now, you had no difficulty in negotiating that turn, swift as it was, the first eight miles below Greenriver? A We got through safely, yes, sir. Q All three boats got through safely? A Yes, sir. Q And no member of the party had ever been along the river before, with the single exception of this one man you named. a local man? A That is true. Q Let us see-- what was his name? A Parley Galloway. Q Now, after going through Cataract Canyon you had, as I think you put it, easy going from there on down to the Arizona- Utah line? A Yes, sir. 2036 |