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Show ( ior -for for ) the purpose of a proposed 413 reservoir site . ( R . 1476-1477 ) Ili making the trip overland from Greenriver down to the Colorado River the ranches and people that he saw ill that territory consisted of a small ranch at where the road crossed the San Rafael ( River Ri-Nrer RiNrer ) , and at the foot of Henry Mountain there was a ( small sinall ) ranch there . That would be ( approxi- approxi ) mately thirty or forty miles from the Colorado River . ( R . 1477 . ) When he got down on the river [ the first trip ] a man by the name of Cornelius Ekker and his boy brought the boat in ; they were the first ones they saw ; and then at Hite , Utah , there was a man named Tom Humphrey who had a small ranch there ; ( didn't didnt ) amount to much . It was very small . ( R . 1478 . ) He saw no placer miners in there and no boats carrying either freight or passengers . ( R . 1478 . ) With respect to the trip from ( Greenriver Greenrliver ) , Utah , down the river , the progress of this expedition from Greenriver to the mouth of the San Rafael , they had these difficulties . They left Greenriver ( ap- ap ) proximately the middle of ( September "Oeptember Oeptember ) . They tried the boats tandem ; they ( wouldn't wouldnt ) work that way , so they tied them side by side ; the boat with the motor on was tied in the middle ; then the whole crew ( scat- scat ) tered around on the deck . Before they got to the mouth of the San Rafael they hit a few shoals , few small sand waves , , and |