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Show his boat any . There 1336 was no trouble at Indian Creek ; ( he lie ) ( attempted attenipted ) to follow the wrong way of the ' river , where the normal channel was , and ran up about a quarter of a mile and found himself in dead water . He knew the channel did not run there , so he turned around and ( went -went went ) back to where he saw the channel cutting over on the north bank , and turned in there and went on , but did not run into anything . ( When AAThen ) he came up the other channel he did not have any difficulty , just the usual current ( of' of ) the river at practically ( low-water lowwater ) stage . In November of that same year he accompanied . ( Mr Afr ) . Wimmer with a party of boosters from Salt Lake City and they had an accident when they first started out . Mr . ( Wimmer Wimmer's Wimmers ) boat was at ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) ranch , and they took the supplies down in a wagon , and left the passengers . He believes there were . twelve or fourteen passengers for him to ( bring bring- bring ) down that evening on his boat . The loaded boat with passengers obstructed his view considerably , and as he went through the riffle just ( below below- below ) the railroad bridge he struck a ( submerged subinerged ) rock with the skag iron ( on oil ) his boat , and jerked a hole . through the bottom of the boat about five inches in diameter . He had a load of cotton batting that he used for calking that he jammed in the hole , and got to shore without anybody getting wet , and it took him two days to repair the boat . ( R . 5214- . 5216 . ) After he repaired the boat he went on , and completed the trip . He believes it was the third |