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Show 633 " Q. How many of your party had been on the Powell first expedition? " A. None except Major Powell himself." R. 1527. He describes Stillwater Canyon as being comparatively free from obstructions and Labyrinth Canyon as being full of sand- bars. The water through this section was rather under the medium stage, and no boats or people were seen between the mouth of the San Rafael and the head of Catar-act Canyon [ in the Colorado River.]. During this stage of the expedition they had some heavy rain storms that caused the river to vary slightly, the water coming over the canyon walls in cataracts all the way along during these storms. Just below the San Rafael they encountered very heavy rain storms, and the cascades were numerous, there being hundreds of them falling into the river, some with a fall of fifty feet and some with a fall of eight hundred or nine hundred feet. These cascades didn't have much effect on the river itself, but the continuous rains will raise the river. R. 1528- 1529. " Q. Just describe the progress of this expedition through Cataract Canyon. " A. As you turn into Cataract Canyon and run down about four miles, you meet with a very bad raped; I have forgotten the fall, but it must be ten or fifteen feet, in a few yards, and from that on down you have a very severe river. " Cataract Canyon is about forty miles long, and Narrow Canyon, below, is about ten, making about fifty miles altogether. And in one portion of the river there |