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Show ( encountering neolluterilig ) any sand 565 bars or crossing bars that far up in the river . ( R . 1913 . ) - It was not ( possi possi- possi ) ¬ ble , because of the shape of the boat , to go stern foremost through the rapids , for the reason that ( what w-hat what ) they call a ( round-bottomed roundbottomed round-bottonied roundbottonied ) keel boat , as long ( as -is is ) it is going fast , ( can cali ) be steered , but as quick as it stops control is lost . ( ( B R ) . 1913 . ) From Hite , Utah , the river had fallen , as it was then about the first of August . They stopped on a great many bars and staked out more [ placer ] claims , as they did the year before , and both boats would run on the gravel beds and bars and get hung up . ( If IIP ) they ( couldn't couldnt ) push them through they ( would Nyould ) dig them through . This continued on down the river until they got about twenty miles above Lees Ferry . After they reached Lees ( Feriy Ferry ) he and two other ( men nien ) returned to Denver . Messrs . McDonald , Kane , Hyslop , and Best got a pack outfit , went down on the Buckskin Mountains , down ( into iuto ) the canyon to look for the lost mine , and he ( didn't didnt ) see them any more . ( R , 1913-1914 . ) He took a wagon and went from Lees Ferry to Johnson [ Utah ] , then on to the Rio Grande ( West West- West ) ern Railroad , then to Salt Lake , and back to ( Den Den- Den ) ver . The town of Johnson Utah is located about , , eight . or ten miles east of Kanab , Utah . He ( didn't didnt ) go to Kanab on that trip . On both his ( trips tirips ) to Lees Ferry , Mr . Thomas Johnson was living there , and one other ( man maii ) by the ( name liame ) of Huntington . He ( couldn't couldnt ) say ( whether vIether ) there was any difference |
