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Show 3783 Rodin- D 1804 and push it off to the deeper water. Q Do you recall that section of the river known as Stillwater canyon, that is just below Labyrinth? A Yes. Q Did you encounter any difficulty in there? A Oh, some similar action, about the same, but not so many as up above. Q Did you have anybody in your party who was familiar with the river that undertook to tell you where to go? A Yes, Frank Dodge, the chief boatman, he went before. Q Who was that? A Frank Dodge, he was chief boatman, the man that took the first lead, always. He was with Mr. La Rue and the Geological Survey expedition, I think, for the government, in 1923, I understand. Q Tell me, Mr. Rodin, how you got through Cataract canyon. A We had quite a bit of difficulty going through that canyon. Q Tell me all about it. A I think in the third rapid we had two boats get capsized. One I believe was No. 4 boat, eighteen- foot long boat; one was the light boat, sixteen- foot long, got capsized; the lighter one got capsized the lower part of the rapids. struck a rock; didn't do any damage to the boat, but turned |