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Show Blake- D 927 Yes sir. So that going up the Colorado river both boats were using their propellors. were they? Yes sir. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Them you had a canoe with you, too? Yes. Which boat towed that canoe? The larger boat towed the canoe. That canoe, you had some freight in it of some kind, some of Your supplies, didn't you? It had some supplies and dunnage, as I remember, but not a great deal. After you went to the Slide -- left the Slide -- did your boat and also the other boat encounter any sandbars? Yes. Just tell me about that. We had frequent encounters with sandbars above the Slide, both the larger and the smaller boat; it was necessary that we use a sounding pole in order to try and trace the channel; in places there was no channel deep enough for paggage without the propellors and oars striking the sand in the bottom of the river. Q For what distance above the slide was that condition with reference to the river? A That condition continued until just immediately below Moab, 2897 |
