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Show 17S except for rises by rains ; during ( November Noveniber ) and December river very low ; ice in January , , sometimes in November and December ( R . 3576 ) . . 1897-1901 , Bennett . ( M . R . 126 , Abs . R . Vol . . 21 pp . . 829-832 : ) Built 24 ft . tunnel propeller boat , , which drew 16 inches ( R . 3187-3188 ) ; the boat did not do very well , , drew too much back water ; water followed back upstream ; it ( would ivould ) sit ( down dowra ) in water and drew water along behind it ( R . 3188-3189 ) ; the trip in 1901 made ( with witli ) 3 rafts . Went downstream in high water , in June , the water being 12 to 14 feet above low water . ( R . 3206-3207 . ) 1888 , McDonald . - ( M . R . 129 , Abs . R . VoL . 1 , pp . 607-613 : ) From Hite ( down do-svn dosvn ) the river had trouble all the way ; rocks , bars , shelf across river , nearly 100 yards in width ; have to find opening in it to get boat through ; the large rock , ( known kc-nown kcnown ) as Bed Rock dam site , crosses the river 112 miles above Lees Ferry ( R . 2177-2180 ) ; a few rapids were encountered in Glen Canyon ; going downstream ran them ; going upstream got out and hauled boat ; ( Ball Bull ) Frog rapid bad place ( R . 2181 ) ; bad bars and rocks at Crossing of the Fathers ; channel not as bad or changeable in Glen Canyon as on the Green , but sand is moving all the time ; when tried to back off bars with use of oars , the oars went down so far in sand hard to get them out ; his observations of Green and Colorado would say troubles and impediments traveling up or down on boats about the same on Green River between ( Green- Green ) |