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Show He first built a raft at 1828 the ( mouth niouth ) of ( Cisco OiSCO ) Washy about thirty miles above Moab , on the Colorado River . This raft was about twelve feet long and six or seven feet ( wide Nvide ) , and ( he be ) was accompanied by an older brother . ( R . ( 5192-5193 51929-5193 ) . ) He had had a little previous boating experience on the Ohio River . He is ( sixty-one sixtyone ) years old . After they had built the raft they had a chest of carpenter tools , small trunks , their bedding , an ( eiglit-by-ten eiglitbyten eiglit-by-teli eiglitbyteli ) tent , material for a placer rocker , and groceries . He would say their load ( was -was was ) at least five hundred pounds , and his brother and he rode the raft down the river . Their destination was the mouth of Castle Creek , just above ( Moab i'Nfoab iNfoab ) , fifteen or twenty miles . Their plan was to go into the country and do some placer mining . On the trip down the river , when they arrived at the mouth of Castle Creek2 it was covered with trees and brush , and they did not observe it was the mouth of the creek , and passed by , and went to a point known as Nigger Bill Canyon , three or four miles above Moab . By then he ( had bad ) satisfied himself that ( he lie ) had passed the place he was going to , and they went ashore and tied the raft up , ( and aud ) walked into the little town of Moab . ( R . ( 5194r-5196 5194r5196 5194-5196 ) . ) They stayed there overnight , and the next morning went back to the raft , and went back up the river to the mouth of Castle Creek , and stayed there overnight . The next morning they found a river boat in the willows . He believes this boat was about fourteen or fifteen feet long , |
