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Show Record we got to the shore with the boat. We encountered no other difficulties between there and the mouth of the San Rafael. Between the mouth of the San Rafael and the end of Labyrinth Canyon we met some rapids, but did not damage the boats any, and would run onto a sand bar once in a while. We would jump 1398 out and pull the boat off and go on. All of the boats did not do that. The boats in the lead would do that and the others would attempt to steer clear of the bar by trying to find another current. We started with six boats. At Greenriver they drew within three or four inches of the gunnel. After going a mile we found the boats were too heavily loaded, so we pulled ashore and made a raft and placed part of our supplies on the raft. The raft was towed by the cooks. We encountered difficulties in the upper end of Still - water canyon with sand and small rapids. After coming our of Still - water canyon and from there on down to the head of the cataracts 1399 we did not encounter any difficulties In going through Cataract canyon we came to the first rapid about six miles below the mouth of the Green. Some of the boats ran that rapid and some of them we had to portage. The cooks had difficulty with their boat and the raft. In the second rapid, shortly below the first one, the raft got away from the cooks and went down stream. Further down the river it broke up and from time to time we would find one of the air tight cans, which we called floats. We got three of the floats that were not damaged. When we arrived at the end of Cataract canyon we had three boats left. We lost two in Cataract canyon and one we broke up to get nails to repair the other three. Before we got to the end of the canyon our provisions were nearly used up and our party was divided. Mr. Stanton took five men with him to continue the survey and one boat, and the rest of us, in two boats, went on down to the placer mines that were below there to get provisions. The placer mines were located just above and below the mouth of the Dirty Devil River. |