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Show fooled as to its position . ( Where Mere ) 122 we had trouble at the mouth of the San Rafael the stream had divided and we started down a ( channel cliannel ) that became shallow and were confronted with the alternative of going back up the channel we had come down or dragging the boat across the bar into deeper water . ( R . 4188-91 , Vol . 24 . ) Joseph A . Ross testified : My first trip on the Green River was in 1889 . There were six of us in three row boats and we went about 50 miles below Green River , Utah , on a ( hunting bunting ) trip . Down to the mouth of the San Rafael we had difficulty with gravel bars ; sometimes we could push off with our oars and at other times we would get out in the water and push . This trip was at low stage of water , in September . We rowed and towed our boats back up to Green River . ( R . 4196-8 , Vol . 24 . ) In July , 1893 , ( I 1 ) made another trip in a ( 16-foot 16foot ) scow with a load of 500 pounds , the boat ' drawing five or ( six -six six ) inches . We went down to a point 8 or 10 miles above Valentine Bottom to do some prospecting ; had a better boat down there and rowed . and towed upstream on the return journey with that boat . ( R . 4199-4201 , Vol . 24 . ) In September , 1893 , ( I 1 ) went down to Valentine Bottom to bring the Valentine family who were living there up to Green River , Utah . I used a boat 16 feet long and possibly 4 feet wide that I got from a trapper who had , left the boat at Green River , Utah . Going down we had pretty good ( sail- sail ) ing , now and then hitting a bar as you always will . On the upstream trip we brought Mr . and Mrs . Valentine , their daughter who is now my wife , and my sister . The upstream trip was at a low stage of water in the autumn , and I think we took seven days coming up to ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) ' Ranch , rowing and towing . At that point the passengers got out and went overland to Green River and I continued on up with the boat to Green River , Utah . The Valentine family lived down at Valentine Bottom for a year and their son would at times ( come corne ) up with a boat and take ( sup- sup ) plies down to them in a boat ; these trips for supplies were ; made throughout the year . I ( don't dont ) recall that Valentine i ever got supplies overland . ( R . 4202-5 , Vol . 24 . ) Again , ] in November , 1893 , ( I 1 ) took the owner of a mining prospect 5 down to his property and back up to Green River , Utah . Between Green River , ( Utah Utab ) , and the mouth of the San | Rafael , we possibly grounded a time or two and below there we would find too shallow water and be compelled to \ I |