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Show ( account acIcount ) of running through 427 rapids and ( baing behirr ) full of ( water -water water ) . When you run through rapids they have got tQ , float with the cargo and the men in them when ( th03r thay ) , are full of water , because they are ( requently frequently ) filled , with ( water -water water ) . The cabins that he refers to are not the character of cabin you sleep in ; the boats were decked over with bulkheads in three ( compartments-malzing compartmentsmalzing ) three compartments like trunks , that had hatches , and packed everything in there and battened them down so if the boat capsized we ( wouldn't wouldnt ) lose the goods . Sometimes they went over very quickly , and if things were not well secured , of course we ( would -would would ) lose them . They did lose compasses and things like that , frequently , that were not put under the hatches . ( R . 1517-1518 . ) These boats drew about eighteen inches loaded and were about five feet wide . The ( expedition e-xpedition expedition ) , started with 2,200 pounds of flour , as at that time the only places where supplies could be obtained were at Salt Lake City , Utah , or ( Port Fort ) Bridger , Wyoming . ( "We We ) had to take all we could . " ( R . 1518 . ) Some of the flour had to be disposed of , as the boats were too heavily loaded . ( Port Fort ) Bridger , Wyoming , is located west of Green River on Blacks Fork . The start was made with eleven men , but one proved inefficient and was sent back after about |