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Show Record went down the river in the little boat and came back. I have not heard from him for 30 years. We left the second place because it was kind of a low grade. We were making slow progress. We found a place 15 or 20 4984 miles below where we could use the hydraulic. Mr. Nielson came back up. We did not want to move on account of the high water, but he insisted on moving, so we went on down but we couldn't pull in this place we wanted to work. The boat was too large and too bulky and heavy to pull it in, so we kept right on going, and we went a few miles above Lees Ferry. After we got our boat ashore above Lees Ferry, we just naturally boat it. The high water was 4985 still on. We did not try to take the boat back up stream. The big boat had a bid sweep on each end, with a paddle that worked in a clevis on the boat so you wouldn't lose it. You could lift it like you could an oar, and pull. We could not handle the boat in the high water that was on. We used those sweeps when we started out from Hole- In- 4986 The- Rock. That was low stage of water there. And it was low water when we took it down below the San Juan and stopped. I did not want to start out in the high water. Nielson thought he could make it so we started out. After we landed above Lees Ferry we went right on out. I don't know what 4987 become of Nielson. He went out with me. We made a little money out of the expedition. I don't remember how much. While I was there working, there were two fellows that came down there one day. They stayed over night with us. They 4988 said they were working above. They came down in a boat. I also saw three outfits of trappers, two going down and one going up. I was at Hole- In- The- Rock when I saw the first trappers. There were two of them in a boat going down. They had a pretty good 4989 load of furs. There were three different boats with two men in each. I saw six trappers down there. The other two parties had a few furs, not as many a the first party. |