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Show supplies were taken from 1343 the boat with pack outfit . He believes the boats would draw loaded about ten inches , possibly twelve inches . They were about fourteen feet long , with a ( three-foot threefoot ) beam . After he left the point of destination he returned to Salt Lake City , and later returned to Greenriver in January He stayed there until the first of ( Jan- Jan ) ( nary uary ) , locating land , and when he got through , ( went 'went went ) out by the way of Torrey and Richfield , and back to Salt Lake . ( R . 5232-5233 . ) The land they ( were -were were ) locating was in Elaterite Basin . The next boat trip he made was with Bill Coyle , and a party . They went down in another rowboat and had nine hundred to one thousand pounds of load . ( R . 5234 . ) This trip was along in March , 1909 , and he later went back up the river with the boat . There was no one with him , and he would row and tow upstream . He had about one hundred feet of rope that he took along for that purpose . ( R . 5235 ) In the latter part of April he took a trip with Mr . Oppenheimer on the motor boat the Paddy ( Boss Ross ) . . They went down as far as what is called Sheep Trail . They went down the river to meet Major Leeds , Mr . Easton , and Ross Wheeler at the junction , but had some engine trouble and met them about ten miles above Sheep Trail . Leeds Easton , , , and Wheeler had rowed down the Colorado River and ( were -were were ) coming up [ the Green ] when they met them . They were in a rowboat , and they all ( re- re ) |
