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Show ( 1898 -1,898 ) to ( 1904 1901 ) , Chaffin 184 . ( -UNI UNI ) . R . 134 , Abs . ( R-j Rj ) vol . 2 , pp . 1247-1253 : ) Going upstream would row and tow and pole ( R . 4912 ) ; built the ( Ijucy I-Atcy IAtcy ) B , 28 feet long ; ( he lie ) took it to the Olympia Bar ; he only got downstream with the boat ( R . 4915-4916 ) , had no difficulty going down ( R . 4918 ) ; made one upstream trip with it to Good Hope , ( R . 4919-4920 ) ; this was about 1902- 1903 ; took engine out of it because of broken piston ring , and operated boat without it ( R . 4922 ) ; made one or two trips then with it during summer 1902- 1903 to Hanson Creek ; going downstream never had any trouble with lack of water , or sand bars ; swift water mouth of ( North Torth ) Wash , and at mouth ( of -of of ) Dirty Devil ( R . 4925-4926 ) ; from Mill Creek Bend to Dark Canyon there is swift water and rapids ( R . 4927 ) ; he has no recollection of getting out of boats into water going either up or down stream , but he has seen others do it a few times ( R . 4952 ) . 1907-1915 , Loper . - ( M . R . 134-135 , Abs . R . , vol . ij ( pp -pp pp ) . 627 , 631 , 634 , 635 . ) Poled boat back up river from Stanton Dredge to Hite , in November , 1907 . Towed the boat 90 per cent of the time . ( R . 2355 . ) Went from Hite to Lees Ferry in January , 1908 ; five days making the trip . Grounded several times ; found serious rocks in Shock Rapids . There is a ledge of rock in the river at the mouth of Lake Canyon . ( R . 2356 . ) Towed boat up from Lees Ferry to Hite ; between 1907 and 1914 he lived on the Colorado River . Observed it at different stages of the water ; channel changes at all |