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Show Record half way up them. The water had shifted towards the cast bank of the river, so that there was not enough water and the man on the tow line, with the assistance of Mr. Cobb, lifted it over the rocks and its own power finally enabled us to get the boat over 1853 the rapids. It was then easy going to Lee's Ferry. Next day we loaded the boat and made about fourteen miles upstream. quite a few times getting out and helping to tow the boat where it could just hold its own against the current. There were no rapids or riffles in that part of the stream, just a swift stream. just be-fore nightfall that day we struck a riffle, and not being able to make it stayed below the riffle over night. We encountered no sand bars but struck bottom every now and then, which was on ac-count of poor navigation. If we had shifted over a little bit we probably would not have struck bottom. That was a pretty good 1854 stream. The sand bar that we encountered that night caused us to drift back that evening. This bar was located about eleven and three- quarters miles about lee's Ferry. Next morning we made a recognizance and found it easier to go to the south bank of the river rather than take the main channel as this bar stretched practically across the river. We went in a kind of slough on the east side and with the help of men pulling on the line and using the boat's power we got by all right. The remainder of the distance up the river was made very well. except that now and then we would strike bottom and would shift over, maybe lift once or twice, and get out to deeper water. I do not recall very much trouble the second day. My recollection is that we had a little lunch at the mouth of Warm Creek and dropped back down the river 1855 a ways. We spent the night at a spring below Warm Creek, where we cached the supplies we had taken up so that topographic parties could come and get them in the small boats they were using on the steam. Next day we went back to Lee's Ferry. We did not continue up on the river because it was too much of a struggle. recall Mr. LaRue saying that there was probably- that there was |