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Show until we got the boat into deeper ( 11G 116 ) water ; at numerous places we ( had bad ) to drag the boat , but that is the only place on that stretch where I recall that we had to do any lifting of the boat . ( R . 3751-2 , Vol . 20 . ) At the mouth of Piute Creek ( we -we we ) had to portage our supplies around the first and second rapids and take the boats , at least my boat , through empty ; ( at -it it ) the rapid located 11.4 miles above the mouth of the river it was necessary for us to portage all of our cargo . I recall no other difficulties with rapids . ( R . 3753-4 , Vol . 20 . ) We encountered a few small floods , the gravest of ( which -which which ) ( didn't didnt ) exceed 6 or 7 feet , and the crest of the flood would usually pass in a few hours . When the river rose two feet there would be sand waves and we ( kept Icept ) off the river . ( R . 3756-7 , Vol . 20 . ) We saw no boats other than our own . At Clay Hill Crossing the main channel of the river shifted during a flood from the middle of the channel to the bank and then back to the middle of the channel within a few hours , and at Piute Farms , where the channel is over 3000 feet wide , the main current shifted from some place near the middle of the channel over to the bank and then back to the middle of the channel . During this flood a stretch of land 75 feet wide was washed away next to our camp . ( R . 3760-1 , Vol . 21 . ) We camped at Piute Farms , where our boat grounded in numerous places , for from four to six days . Loper and I made a boat journey down the river past Piute Farms and then towed the boat back ( up- up ) stream ; going ( downstream doivnstrearn ) we rowed at most of the places , although ( the -the the ) boat grounded . This journey was from a place near ( Clay Clav ) Hill Crossing down to the mouth of Nokai Creek , a distance of about eleven miles , and coming back upstream we towed all the ( way vay ) and grounded numerous times at Piute Farms , although our boat ( didn't didnt ) draw more than 6 or 7 inches . ( R . 3763-4 , Vol . 21 . ) Loper and I on one occasion towed our boat from the mouth of Piute Canyon to Spencer Camp , a distance of 17 miles , when the water was at low stage ; the upstream trip consumed fourteen hours . We found quicksand in a few places and some whirlpools that were not dangerous to tow around ; there were many shallow places where we would have to look for a deeper channel ; these shallow places were at what you might call ( "crossing crossing ) ( bars" bars ) where the main current would be on the outside of a bend . ( R . 3766-8 , Vol . 21 . ) We brought back ( downstream downstreaxn ) in our boat 400 pounds of supplies , consuming five ( hours' hours ) time coming down . Except the supplies that we took down |