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Show ing and locating bars in the stream 190 or ( monumenting nionumenting ) and ( fix- fix ) ing the corners of such mining locations . Generally speaking , they probably did their boating along portions of the river where obvious impediments to progress would be avoided . In the report of Major Powell ( ( Complainant's Complainants ) Exhibit No . 51 ) ( he lie ) describes , at pages 52-6 , his journey from the mouth of the San Rafael to the mouth of the Green River . His party was on that stretch of river between July 14 and July 17 , 1869 . On pages 67-73 he describes his journey from the foot of Cataract Canyon to the mouth of the Paria below Lees Ferry , Arizona . He was on the last mentioned stretch of the river , making side trips , etc . , between July 28 and August 4 , 1869 . Not a single mishap , danger , difficulty or navigation impediment is recorded on his journey from the mouth of the San Rafael to Lees Ferry except in Cataract Canyon . On the pages above indicated he frequently ( com- com ) ments on the quiet water and pleasant nature of the journey . Speaking of the ride through Labyrinth Canyon he says , at page 54 of said exhibit : ( "There There ) is an exquisite charm in our ride today down this beautiful canyon . " Speaking of his journey through Stillwater Canyon on July 17 he says , at page 55 : ( "The The ) stream is still quiet , and we glide along , through a strange , weird , grand region . " On July 31st ( page 70 ) he speaks of the ( "cool cool ) , pleasant ride ( today" today ) and of his arrival at the mouth of the San Juan . Through these pages he graphically describes the wonderful scenery and speaking of his journey after passing the mouth of the San Juan and as he continues down Glen Canyon , he says , at page 72 : ( "Past Past ) these towering monuments , past these mounded billows of orange sandstone , past these ( oak- oak ) studded glens , past these ( fern-decked ferndecked ) alcoves , past these mural curves , we glide hour after hour , * * " We have already referred to the testimony of Mr . ( Nims Ninis ) , who was with the Stanton party , and to excerpts written by him many years ago . With reference to the journey from Green River , Utah , to , the mouth of the Green he said , in 1890 : |