| OCR Text |
Show 4569 Freeman- D 2588 than ten miles a day; practically daylight to dark work. May I finish answering the question you asked about Hall's Crossing? You asked what we did there. We were waiting nearly a week. During that interval I took one boat voyage with a single boat and four of the party up the canyon. We went ten miles further, through a rapid called Bull Frog, which was somewhat rougher and steeper then in Glen canyon, below; then we went up to a creek with some interesting cliff dwellings, passing an old dredge that had been abandoned in the river. That was the farthest point we touched. Shortly after our return the party for which we were waiting came in. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q The down trip did your party encounter any difficulties with sandbars, rapids? A We had occasional groundings on sandbars. Q Between Hall's Crossing and Warm creek did you have as many groundings on you way down as you did up? A From actually touching sandbars possibly a few more we were a little more heavily laden, but nothing like the continuous delays and troubles we had from currents, rocks, break- downs and other difficulties on the up- river trip. We had the current with us. Even the engine would fail for several hours at a time, |
