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Show The boats used for the ( Wyschulm NVyschulin ) 920 trip ( -were were mvere ) ( brought rougIb"t rougIbt ) in to the Colorado from ( Grecnriver Greenriver ) [ Utah ] with wagons , by way of ( Hanksvillc Hanksville ) and North Wash , and were put on the river at the mouth of North ( Wash IATasli ) . There ( were Yere ) three boats , and as ( he be ) ( remem remem- remem ) bers , ten men in the party . ( R . 3642 . ) Others of the party whom ( he lie ) remembers were J . ( W AV ) . Wilson and William B . Hay . The trip was made during high water , and very little trouble was encountered on the way down , the only stops being made ( Ave're Avere ) for the purpose of making locations , and lie thiaks they could have made the trip in two ( days' days ) ( continu continu- continu ) ous running . But they had no ( accidents accident8 ) , only in these big sand ( waves vaves ) and sand bars ; you ( vould would ) get into those sand waves , some of them , and if you did not handle your boats just right they would cap ( ¬ - ) size , and in that heavy water ( he be ) knows ( Mr Afr ) . ( Wys- Wys AVys- AVys ) chuhn was excited several times ( , . ) ( R . 3643 . ) The boats used were not decked over , except a little in front and rear , but not ( water-tight watertight ivater-tigbt ivatertigbt ) . ( R . 3643 . ) The Julius Stone boat , which he had , was partly decked and had ( water-tight watertight ) compartments in it . The ( other otlier ) trip was made after the high water peak , but there was still plenty of water to boat down in . He met Mr . Spencer at Lees Ferry , and Spencer was working a kind of dredge for working the silt from the bottom of the river . At that time Spencer had a big steamboat up at the mouth of Warm Creek , with which to ( haul baul ) coal to run his mud machine . ( R . 3644 . ) He did not see the boat in operation ; it |
