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Show i : I sand bars , and at various places down the ( river- river ) had some trouble . In many places their oars i bottom in rowing . The oars were always i j to sound with , to see if they were striking i shoals . ( R . . ( 1815-1816 1815-4816 ) . ) IThey encountered sand bars all the way down the Below Double Bowknot several of the boys i to get overboard to dislodge the boats . Just j Greenriver a couple had to go overboard and I the boats off the sand bar to get it loose . They encountered no other boats along Green River from Greenriver , Utah , to its mouth . ( R . 1817 ) saw only one man , who was by a , little cabin ( -on on ) the left bank of the Green River , about twenty miles below Greenriver Utah . This was at noon , the second day . ( R . 1817-1818 . ) From the mouth of the Green River on down to the cataracts , the river is fairly narrow , contains plenty of water and , therefore , they encountered no difficulties ( in' in ) this four mile stretch . ( R . 1818 . ) His description of Cataract Canyon ( would -NNould NNould ) be about the same as testified to by Mr . . Rodin . . There were ( forty-eight fortyeight ) or fifty rapids in a ( length ilength ) of ( thirty-nine thirtynine ) or forty miles , and it was very rocky in Cataract Canyon . Most of the boats filled with water as they went through , but only one upset in the canyon . They were all very fortunate in that they were able to run every rapid except at ( -the the ) head of Dark Canyon . . Frank B . Dodge was |