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Show July or first of August . 656 ( R . 2531 . ) Had to pull boat over some sand bars a time or two . ( Water 'Water Water ) wasat ( medium inediuin ) stage . ( R . ( 2531-2532 2531-20-32 ) . ) He was on Colorado River in 1910 at Lees Ferry ; went down from ( Bluff Bhiff ) on ( borseback horseback ) . ( R . 2532 . ) Crossed river at Comb ( Wasb Wash ) and ( went -went went ) ( tbrougb through ) ( tbe the ) Navajo Indian Reservation , to Tuba City and Moenkopi , and ( down clown ) ( tbe the ) regular road to Lees Ferry ; several in party . ( R . 2532-2533 . ) ( Pur- Pur ) pose of trip was to ( liandle handle ) machinery and boats for Chicago Exploration Company . Supt . , was Charles H . Spencer . ( R . 2533 . ) Boat at Lees Ferry , ( gasoline gasoUne ) launch , ( 18-ft 18ft ) . keel bottom , 41 ( 2-ft 2ft ) . beam , ( 18-in 18in ) . ( draft ch-aft chaft ) . Also a ferryboat at Lees Ferry ; some row boats at Johnson ranch ; and he helped build a row boat . ( "Upstream Upstream ) from Lees ferry made short trips to try boat out , distance of three or four miles ; went up . after flood waters . One trip to Dandy ( Cross- Cross ) ing from Lees Ferry over 100 miles up river . Albert Jones , ( Arthur Arthur' Arthur ) ( "Waller Waller Waller ) , and a man named McDermott on trip . 13 days making trip ; made in July or August . ( R . 2533-2535 . ) Lined boat good many times ; pulled with lines , and was wrecked about three times ; row boat turned over on two different occasions ; launch got crossways of a rapid and was carried down into a rock and turned over . Encountered difficulty with sand bars ; forced launch off by hand . Started with 500 pounds of |