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Show on it . We encountered some 30 sand and small rapids in the upper end of ( Stilhvater Stillwater ) Canyon , but after we came out of that canyon encountered no difficulty until we reached the head of Cataract Canyon . ( R . 1397-8 , Vol . 7 . ) We lost two boats in Cataract Canyon and broke up a third boat in order to get nails to make repairs on the other three boats . Mr . Stanton took five men with him to continue his survey and the remainder of the party , with two boats , went on down to the placer mines at the mouth of the Dirty Devil for provisions . ( R . 1399-1400 , Vol . 7 . ) There were from twelve to twenty miners scattered along there and not more than a dozen buildings at ( Kite Hite ) , which we called Dandy Crossing . ( R . 1401 , Vol . 7 . ) Below Cataract Canyon we encountered the Tickaboo Rapid , where one boat was damaged and ( re- re ) paired , and we had more trouble at Trachyte Rapid , where we stopped and repaired leaks . From Trachyte down to Lees Ferry we would strike rocks and could not find a defined channel . We also encountered sand waves and such a strong wind that it was hard to row against it . There was no rapid water below the San Juan but every few miles one of the boats would run on to a sand bar . ( R . 1402-4 , Vol . 7 . ) We drank the water of the Green and Colorado Rivers on this trip , although occasionally we would come across a spring . We ( didn't didnt ) strain the river water but at night the cook would dip up a bucketful and let it settle . ( R . 1408 , Vol . 7 . ) On November 25 , 1889 , ( I 1 ) left Denver for another river trip . We shipped three ( 22-foot 22foot ) boats , with a 3V ( 2-foot 2foot ) beam and a depth of . 22 inches , having a draft of from 15 to 18 inches loaded , to the mouth of Crescent Creek , located a few miles below the Dirty Devil on the Colorado River . ( R . 1409-10 , Vol . 7 ) , leaving that point in our boats on ( Decem Decem- Decem ) ber 10 . We visited Mr . Hite at his placer mine , also stopped at Smith ( Brothers' Brothers ) ranch , and there were placer miners working in the canyon . We had some trouble with gravel bars ; more than on our first trip because the water was lower . ( R . 1414 , Vol . 7 . ) About ( two-thirds twothirds ) of the way down the river we would stop occasionally when we would see a sand bar and pan the dirt for gold . I wrote the articles appearing in ( Complainant's Complainants ) Exhibit No . 177 entitled ( "Miscel Miscel "Miscel- Miscel ) laneous , by Franklin A . Nims . " I wrote the article ( con- con ) tained in said exhibit which bears the description ( "Through Through ) the Colorado River , " when the incidents of my trip were fresher in my mind than at the present time and when I had the benefit of my notes and diary . I refer to my journey |