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Show There were no other 878 groundings that caused as much trouble as that one . The boat struck bottom many times , and ( he lie ) had to get out to find deeper ( water "water water ) , and would drag the boat in the direction ( where vhere ) there seemed to be water sufficient to float it . On the 5th [ August ] they made the junction of ( the 'the the ) river without any stops and turned up the Green . They made a number of groundings on that day ( be- be ) fore they reached the mouth of the Green , but he is unable to tell the precise locations . There were a number of places where he had to get out and wade , trying to find deep water for the boat . Trouble was had at the mouth of Salt Wash at Mile 3.5 , where there is a rocky rapid due to material brought down Salt Wash in flood stages , and it was ( neces- neces ) sary to drag the boat by there . ( R . 3924-3926 . ) ( They 'They They ) turned up the Green River about three miles and were fighting shallows all the time , it requiring three hours to make the trip ; there ( didn't didnt ) seem to be any place where they could run fifty yards straight ahead , and they finally decided that there was no use trying to get the boat any farther up , so turned and came back the same day and went back up the Colorado as far as the slide , where they camped for the night . Had difficulty upstream with sand bars ; stopped all day at The Slide on the 6th of August , and through a section up the side of the canyon wall , and again tried to get ( out oat ) on the first bench . They were ( un- un ) successful , as it was utterly impossible to get out |