| OCR Text |
Show 4293 Loper- D 2314 Q Sixty miles? A Yes, I could give you the exact -- that is, I have got it set down; I don't remember. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Sixty miles below Honaker trail? A Yes. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q In that sixty miles did you encounter any rapids? A Yes; there is one place we had to take our boat clear out of the river. Q What did you do with it? A We just worked it around through the rocks, great boulders, at the mouth of Grand gulch; we worked this boat around and got it back in below, in the river below this gorge, and went on our way. From there on we had no more rapids; there was several rapids in the canyon, that is, above there, but from Grand gulch on down, with the except of a little rapid at the mouth of Moonlight, there is no rapid; it is all sand. Q How did you get along with the sand? A We lacked a lot of having enough water. Q How did you get your boat through? A Walked and led it through; run on to a bar, get out and hunt a little deeper place, if we could. Q When you were on the San Juan in 1895, did you ever |
