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Show Powell expedition which began 33 at Green River , Wyoming , and went thence down the Green and Colorado Rivers to the mouth of ( Kanab Hanab ) Canyon , Arizona . ( R . 1514-15 , Vol . 9 . ) We had three ( 22-foot 22foot ) boats with three compartments in each , having a draft of 18 inches loaded . There were ten in our party ; four men in Major ( Powers Powel's Powels ) boat and three in each of the others . ( R . 1517-18 , Vol . 9 . ) Upon arriving at Green River , Utah , then known as Gunnison Crossing , we took on new supplies . Between Green River , Utah , and the mouth of the San Rafael there are no rapids ; just swift water with riffles which ( didn't didnt ) amount to much as ( com com- com ) ¬ pared with rapids we had gone through farther up the river . ( R . 1522-5 , Vol . 9 . ) We left Green River , Utah ( Gunnison Crossing ) , in July and , as I recall had no very serious trouble with groundings between there and the mouth of the San Rafael . We did have trouble with groundings in ( Laby Laby- Laby ) ¬ rinth Canyon , but not in Stillwater Canyon . Only Major Powel had been on first Powell expedition . ( R . 1527-8 , Vol . 9 . ) Just below the San Rafael there were heavy rain storms and cascades falling into the river , but I recall no difficulty or change or rearrangement of sand bars as a result of these rains . Through Cataract Canyon and 10 miles of Narrow Canyon you have a very severe river , in one ( 20-mile 20mile ) stretch there being a fall of about 220 feet . ( R . 1529 , Vol . 9 . ) We often lined the boats and at times had to portage our cargo from a hundred yards to perhaps a quarter of a mile ; we lost no boats in Cataract Canyon . ( R . 1530 , Vol . 9 . ) There was one rapid in Glen Canyon just below the mouth of the San Juan , but above that the water had been rather low and we encountered ledges running across the river which made it necessary for us to get out and ( wade vade ) and lift our boats over those ledges . ( R . 1531 , Vol . 9 . ) When we went through Glen Canyon a second time the water was high and we had no trouble with the ledges . We had trouble with a number of small rapids and shallows . I remember no sand bars in Glen Canyon . Because the river was low we had to go with great caution over the rapids . ( R . 1532 , Vol . 9 . ) When we passed the mouth of the San Juan in the middle of October , 1871 , that river , like the Colorado , was low ; on my second trip there , about July 1 , 1872 , the water was exceedingly high . We had no trouble at the Crossing of the Fathers because the Indians had marked the shoal and we could see right where it was . From there to Lees Ferry we encountered no difficulty . ( R . 1537-8 , Vol . 9 . ) |
