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Show the river with us in our boats 117 from Bluff , which lasted until we got to Goodridge , all other supplies came to ( our -our our ) party overland . ( R . 3769-70 , Vol . 21 . ) Our work was completed when we reached the mouth of the San Juan , and on the afternoon of October 5th ( I 1 ) , with four others , started for Lees Ferry , arriving there October ( 8th Sth ) . We encountered no difficulties on that trip except that on a few occasions our boat grounded in shallow water . ( R . 3772-3 , Vol . 21 . ) In my report of this expedition ( Exhibit No . 56 ) ( I 1 ) recall stating that the San Juan ( "has has ) numerous rapids , though they are small , " the greatest fall of a single rapid being only 131 ! feet , this being the ( so-called socalled ) ( "13-foot 13foot ) ( rapid" rapid ) located ( HV-j HVj ) miles above the mouth of the river . I also recall making the following statement in my report ( concern concern- concern ) ing this San Juan expedition : ( "The The ) voyage was attended by strenuous labor and ( hard hard- hard ) ships , such as must always be expected in exploring an ( un- un ) known canyon ( with Njrith ) its rapids in an uninhabited region . " ( R . 3774-7 , Vol . 21 . ) On our downstream trip from Spencer Camp with the boat load of supplies Mr . Loper and I rode in the boat about half of the time , and during the other half of the time we were out of the boat trying to locate a channel and pulling the boat through shallow water ; at times we had difficulty in finding where the deep water was . ( R . 3782-3 , Vol . 21 . ) Kelly W . Trimble testified : I am a topographic engineer employed by the Department of the Interior , and in 1921 was engaged in making a plan and profile survey of portions of the Colorado and San Juan rivers , the witnesses Blake , Loper and Miser being members of the party of which I was chief . ( R . ( 3865-7 33865-7 ) , Vol . 21 . ) Our boats would hold only enough supplies for ten or fifteen days and carry our ( equip equip- equip ) ment and ourselves ; therefore we loaded enough supplies at Goodridge to carry us to Slick Horn Gulch and there took on enough supplies to carry us through to the next point . ( R . 3869 , Vol . 21 . ) ( It was stipulated ( R . 3872 , Vol . 21 ) that Mr . Trimble would testify with reference to the operation of the boats substantially as did the witnesses Blake and Loper . ) At the mouth of the San Juan some supplies were left for my party which , as I understood , had come down the river in boats from somewhere near Hite . Later supplies |