No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426

Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1014

than two or three inches 1014 , the boats ( never neNrer ) being loaded . The party consisted of five , including ( him- him ) ( self -self self ) . The boats were used in crossing the river and in going down the river from one point to another . ( R . 3985 . ) They had with them camp equipment , but that was moved in wagons . ( R . 3986 . ) Colorado river rises near ( Kremmling Krernmling ) , Colorado , and for a distance of about one hundred miles flows through a mountainous country , and might be ( de- de ) scribed as a mountain stream . At this point , which is above Glenwood Springs , the country is more or less open , and the width of the river will average about two hundred feet . The mountainous portions of the streams are very shallow . After you near Grand Junction it becomes deep . He did not make any soundings ( arid and ) has no records . ( R . 3995-3996 . ) From Grand Junction down a distance of 21 miles is in open country ; numerous islands ; the river is crooked and numerous side channels are encountered . The river is 200 to 400 feet in width . ( R . 3996 . ) He personally went over that section of the river from Grand Junction downstream in boats . ( R . 3996 . ) Numerous readings were taken along the river to indicate its fall , and from Grand Junction down to the end of the first ten miles , the fall is 65 feet or ( 6K 6Y ) feet to the mile . The map which he has indicates any abrupt breaks in the survey of the water surface but they are not classified as rapids . ( R . 3997 . ) The character of the water in the first ten miles would be ( classified as swift waters . The fall of the river in the next ten miles is 56 feet and the character of the water