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Show 516 band himself , tore away the canvas fenders thathad . ( 'been been ) built around the cockpits , but he succeeded in getting over to a sand bar immediately below the rapid where he pulled the boat oil the bank , tipped it up , , emptied the water out , and went on . . He ( didn't didnt ) try to do 11 thing like that again . ( R . 1787- 1788 . ) Below Cataract Canyon they entered Narrow Canyon and found the river less ( turbulent turb'Lilent turbLilent ) , but there were still patches of swift ( water -water water ) . They ran all the water in Narrow Canyon . From Narrow Canyon on down to Lees Ferry the difficulties encountered were grounding on sand bars . ( R . 1788 . ) They followed the same practice of getting off of the sand ( bar-pushing barpushing ) off where they could and going overboard where they ( -couldn't couldnt ) push the boats off . They carried sufficient ( supplies stipplies ) , so it was not necessary to be resupplied . any place between Greenriver , Utah , and Lees Ferry , Arizona . Going through the section of Glen Canyon that he had formerly visited , he saw no placer operators . in there on this trip . He saw three men from Searchlight , Nevada , who were going in to what is now ( kno-Nim knoNim ) as Wrights Bar , , about twenty or ( twenty-five twentyfive ) miles above Lees Ferry , , Arizona . . ( R . " 1789 . . ) He saw Fred Gibbons at Hite , , and visited Cass Hite a little lower down . There was still a ( post- post ) office maintained at Hite , and they got mail there . . |