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Show 1895 to 1901 , ( Ohaffin Oliaffin ) . - ( 183 M ) ( M . R . 132 ) ( Abs 'Abs Abs ) . R . ( yoj vol ) . 2 p . ( 13GG 1366 ) : ) Rowed , towed and poled ( upstream upstreain ) ; did some ( sail- sail ) ing ; ( R . 5307 ) ; in 1898 when he ( made inade ) trip with his , brother in 20 ft . boat with 1,200 pounds supplies were not hung up on sand bars , rocks or rapids ; never sailed up Shock Rapids without aid of pole or by towing , ( R . 5312 ) ( he lie ) had no trouble with rafts , ( R . 5315 ) ; the rafting was done during months of May and June in the ( high-water highwater ) period ( R . 5315- 5317 ) . 1897-1898 , Johnson . - ( M . R . 132-133 , Abs . R . vol . 2 , pp . 785-790 : ) Stanton had four boats which were taken up river from Lees Ferry ; one had motor , but it would not work ; took fifteen men on the four boats to take them upstream ; it took 21 days to go from Lees Ferry to Bull Frog Creek , about 135 miles ( R . 3017-3018 ) ; encountered bars and rocks between rapids ( R . 3018 ) ; has ridden on the Violet Louise , a ( 40-foot 40foot ) boat ( pro- pro ) pelled with a 40 ( horse-power horsepower ) motor ; it got loose in flood , ( he lie ) rescued it , and it was dragged back to camp , where it still is ( R . 3023 ) ; on the Stanton trip in 1898 found better water below Warm Creek , as there were not so many rapids and swift waters there ( R . 3027 ) ; going upstream rowed , towed and poled ; when got on sand bar got out and pushed boat off ( R . 3037- 3038 ) |