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Show They tried to holler to 281 Shafer , but he was out of reach of sound , and they tried to run around where they were ( stailding-they staildingthey ) were about one hundred feet above the ( river-to riverto ) attract his attention but , they ( couldn't couldnt ) get his attention , so the thing they could do was to let him hold up the survey rod and shoot him in and wave him down so ( he lie ) could return to the river . In the meantime , more ( sand salid ) had caved into the river and one of the oars had floated down the , river ; the oars were laying ( on oil ) the seats , and they were moving back and forth with the current ( of of' of ) the water , and they were afraid they would lose both oars . John Shafer finally noticed they were trying to . communicate something to him , and he started on a dead ( run i-uli iuli ) for the river . When ( he lie ) got there , the boat was quite entirely under ( water-just waterjust ) the front end of the boat sticking up . He just grabbed one ( oar Gar ) , ( then theil ) ( he lie ) worked three hours to turn the boat over ; he finally managed to turn the boat over and get the sand out of the boat . The boat was ( damaged dainaged ) on one side ; ( he lie ) baled it out , and then came . across the river with one oar . It was a rather ticklish proposition , because he had to kind of push the boat upstream far ( enough eliough ) so he could land ( on oil ) the other side above a cliff ( on oil ) the river ; if ( he lie ) had landed below the cliff he ( wouldn't wouldnt ) have had a landing place , and ( he lie ) ( didn't didnt ) know where ( he lie ) would be able to get out of the canyon . A ( change eliange ) ( in iii ) the current of the river caused the sand |