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Show there and went back up the 108 river with our boat and outfit to Moab , rowing when we could and towing when there was a sand bar or place ( along" along along ) ( which -which which ) we could walk ; we also poled some . On this upstream trip we continued to prospect and occupied about two weeks in going back up to Moab . ( R . 3490-6 , Vol . 19 . ) In 1916 my partners and I decided to go down to Hite , build a boat and go down to the mouth of the San Juan River , and thence up that river to some country we wished to prospect . We went to Hite and built the boat and went down the Colorado River to the Narrows , where we ( re- re ) mained six weeks or so . We encountered an ice gorge on the Colorado and decided to try to reach the San Juan , which was open and clear , by going overland ; however , we ( couldn't couldnt ) get across and gave up our plan . ( R . 3496-7 , Vol . 19 . ) By the time we got back to our camp on the Colorado the ice gorge had gone out but we ( didn't didnt ) have much food left and decided to go back up the river . ( R . 3498 , Vol . 19 . ) In 1916 my partner and I built a boat at Green River ' and started down the Green River in February while the ice was flowing in the river . We encountered some sand bars but nothing of any consequence ; ( "they they ) ( didn't didnt ) bother us any . " A short distance below Green River , ( Utah Utali ) , the cake ice lodged in the riffles , which bothered us a little . Upon arriving at the junction of the Green and Colorado , we went up the Colorado to Moab , having the usual upstream trip , which was rather hard and tedious ; it was pretty much heavy rowing . That year the ice was frozen in the canyons above the junction of the rivers until sometime the latter j ( part pait ) of February ; it freezes in those canyons during all ( severe winters . ( R . 3500-4 , Vol . 19 . In the late winter of 1928 ( I 1 ) went to the mouth of | Nugget Creek on the San Juan River . We took lumber and heavy canvas with ( 'us us ) and constructed a boat , launched it , and started down the San Juan River . We encountered no ( ra'pids rapids ) between Nugget and Piute Creek , the Piute Creek rapid having disappeared and those at Copper and Nokai Canyons were covered up with sand . We had fairly swift water there and it was fairly deep at the mouth of Copper ( Canyon-from Canyonfrom ) three to five feet . You ( can't cant ) tell about depths unless you happen to measure it with an oar . At the mouth of Nugget Creek the river had more sand in it than it formerly had . We remained at Piute Creek as long as our supplies lasted and then ( walked -walked walked ) out overland to our |