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Show Did not see ( anybody ali3body ) in a ( boat bott ) cm the ( rivot1 rivex ) . Did not see any power boats . ( R . ( 785-786 785-7S6 7857S6 ) . . ) The dam site was for irrigation purposes ; ; it had ( just jtist ) been installed , they had just finished it . . ( Made Afade ) the run from Greenriver , Utah , to ( "Wolver- Wolver ) ( ton's tons 'ton's tons ) ranch in one day . ( R . . 786 . ) He believes ( Wolverton's Wolvertons ) ranch is ( about aboiit ) ( twenty-four twentyfour ) miles below Greenriver and the water in that section is swifter than at Greenriver and ( there1 there- there ) are ( numerous numeroiis ) rocks . . ( R . 786 . ) Some of ( them theiii ) project above the ( surface stirface ) . of the water , and most of them directly underneath . . You could drag ( the I-lie Ilie ) oars and touch the rocks . It was about five weeks from the time they started until they left Greenriver , Utah . ( R . 787 . ) Ran on these ( riffles riffies ) or bars between Greenriver , Utah , and the ( mouth inouth ) of the San Rafael ; in one or , two instances the boat ( would wotild ) get on a rock . and the . bow would stick and then swing clear ; it would swing around ; and when they would run . rapids . they reverse their boat and go into it stern first ; they face downstream ; they have a square look ( at- at ) the danger that is ahead ; if it is a rocky rapid , you are looking directly at the rocks . ( On Oil ) the bad rapids , the very bad rapids ; as soon as they heard . , the rapid they would reverse the , boat , instead of ( pulling puRing ) downstream , like they do in quiet water , trying to ( make niake ) time , they would turn directly around , they would enter the rapids . stern first , and they would be pulling against the current and check the speed of the boat so if you hit a rock you ( don't dont ) hit it so ( hard bard ) . |