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Show ( Thomas Thointis ) ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p 67 . ( 044 644 ) ) ; ( Galdwcll Caldwell ) ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 652 ) ; Bennett ( Abs . R . , vol . 2 , p . 826 ) ; ( Bite Rite ) ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 902 ) . Upstream ( naviga- naviga ) tion ( was wu ) a question of 90 per cent ( tow toNNr ) and 10 per cent row . Loper ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 623 ) ; Galloway ( Abs . R , vol . 1 , p . 284 ) never tried to go upstream with rowboats . Boats have been dragged and rowed by Loper ( from froin ) Lees Ferry to Hite and from Red Canyon to Hite . ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 623 - ) Average upstream progress about 7 or 8 miles a day . ( Marrs iklarrs ) ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 638 ) discussing operation of motor boats upstream from Warm Creek , states ( "if if ) you lose a minute you will drift back more than you can make in 15 minutes . " Barnes ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 655 ) describes taking an ( 18-foot 18foot ) motor boat , ( 18-inch 18inch ) draft , upstream from Lees Ferry to Dandy Crossing in 13 days ; average upstream ( pro- pro ) gress 12 miles a day ; lined boat ( many inany ) times ; wrecked three times ; launch capsized once . He contemplated running passenger boats from Lees Ferry to Rainbow Natural Bridge , Utah , but found it impractical ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 656 , Exception 58 ) . Freeman ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 660 ) shows constant fighting of sand bars and currents and riffles while six men took four boats to Halls ( Crossing Crossina ) , 119 miles in two weeks . ( Average upstream progress 8 miles a day . ) ( Opera Opera- Opera ) tion of boats and scows as ferry boats to get supplies back and forth across the river , discussed by Weber ( Abs . R . , ( vol irol ) . 1 , p . 690 ) ; Bennett Abs . R . , vol . . 2 , , p . 826 ) ; Harshberger ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 649 ) ; Mendenhall ( Abs . R . , vol . 2 , p . 890 ) , described |