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Show a sand bar and in finding a 107 channel for our ( bis big ) boat but we were only a short time getting through and swung into the Colorado and thence up that stream to a point just below the ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) , rowing and towing to suit our ( conven conven- conven ) ience on the upstream journey . On our San Juan River trip we portaged a large part of our cargo at two points , to wit , Piute Rapid and the bad rapid I mentioned , below Piute Creek . ( R . 3472-5 , Vol . 19 . ) We went to the California bar and remained in that vicinity until March or April , 1895 . There were probably fifteen or twenty other men then at that bar . In the spring of 1895 , three of us took three boats and started down the Colorado on a general prospecting and exploring trip and continued on down to Lees Ferry . At that time there were men working at the Tickaboo and Good Hope bars , also at Red Canyon . On our trip to Lees Ferry we contended against ( "some some ) of the river elements , winds , and some not large rapids , good deal swift water , but we ( didn't didnt ) call them rapids . " I ( don't dont ) remember encountering any sand bars . ( "Of Of ) course , there were sand bars , but none that interfered with us except perhaps in landing we would find some sand near the shore ; ( didn't didnt ) bother us . " ( R . 3480-3 ( , . ) Vol . 19 . ) In 1895 , when on our way to Lees Ferry , one of our boats was loosened by the wind ; it had in it all our supplies and equipment and it floated off downstream ; next morning about a half mile downstream we found it stranded on a sand bar with no damage done and our entire cargo ( per- per ) fectly secure . ( R . 3486-9 , Vol . 19 . ) In 1907 we started on a boat trip from Richardson ( Val- Val ) ley , located 10 or 15 miles above the Cisco pumping plant , with one ( 14-foot 14foot ) boat and an old 14 or ( 15-foot 15foot ) scow and , went down the Colorado River to Moab . Right at the mouth of Castle Creek there is a rapid and also at the mouth of Salt Wash the water is fairly rough , but not bad . From Moab we continued on down to Cataract Canyon , ( prospect prospect- prospect ) ing as we went . We ( didn't didnt ) intend to go through Cataract Canyon but did continue on down to the eleventh rapid . There we noted an inscription : ( "F F ) . H . Wright passed here in 1876 ; lost one boat in this rapid . " Later I met Wright , who was a miner and prospector , and he told me something of his trip . At the eleventh rapid we loaded all of our outfit into the boat , left the scow |