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Show of rapids or rough water , including 47 Tickaboo , and Trachyte Rapids . All ( 'of of of ) these rapids are at the mouth of side washes . The river would change at each different stage of water . ( R . 1995-6 , Vol . 11 . ) We had 1600 or 1700 pounds of ( sup- sup ) plies in the boat , it may have been a ton , when ( we ive ) left Crescent Wash . In addition to this weight we had the ( pas- pas ) sengers . ( R . 2000 , Vol . 11 . ) On July 3 or 4 , 1891 , we left Green River , Wyoming , with the Best expedition . The testimony of the ( witness ivItness ) Edwards concerning the boats used on that expedition ( re- re ) flects my recollection . ( R . 2001 , Vol . 11 . ) We arrived at Lees Ferry on August 26 . The only trouble we had on our journey down to the mouth of the Green River was ( shallow sliallow ) water ; at places there were several channels ; we generally ( didn't didnt ) pick a channel until we got stuck on the bar and then would look for deeper water . I ( don't dont ) think any member of our party had ever before been on that section of the Green River . The riffles between Green River , Utah , and the San Rafael gave us no difficulty . We touched bottom on one of them but did not stop . At another place one of our ( "boats boats boats ) touched bottom . Between the mouth of the San Rafael and the mouth of the Green both boats ran on to sand bars a number of times each day . There was ( 'no no ) trouble ( encoun encoun- encoun ) ¬ tered between the mouth of the Green and Cataract Canyon . ( R . 2003-5 , Vol . 11 . ) The boat in which McDonald , Best , Jewell and I were riding struck a rock at Rapid No . 13 in Cataract Canyon and was lost . ( R . 2006-7 , Vol . 11 . ) All the other boats ran all of the rapids in Cataract Canyon . ( R . 2013 , Vol . 11 . ) From Cataract Canyon to Lees Ferry we had fairly good water , but I remember two rapids at Dark Canyon and another one somewhere below . ( R . 2013 , Vol . 11 . ) The sand bars in Glen Canyon were not so bad as they had been in the previous December but we had to make one portage of our cargo and shove the boats through light for about a mile . That was where we encountered the reefs . ( R . 2016 , Vol . 11 . ) The boats used by us in 1889 had a draft of about 14 inches loaded and on the 1891 Best expedition our boats were of substantially the same type . ( R . 2026 , Vol . 11 . ) The raft we used on our trip from Cisco to Moab was about 14 by 5 feet and built of dry pine logs ; we found it lying on the bank . ( R . 2033-4 , Vol . 11 . ) Mr . Nims was on the Stanton trip when we went over the reefs and made the portage mentioned by me . He was on both Stanton trips . I |