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Show ( boats boafs ) , one eighteen feet ( long loiig ) 786 and the other ( oiu'baan oiubaan fomhaan ) feet long , bought in Chicago , taken on the ( trip tri-P triP ) . The largest boat was a motor boat but the motor did not work and it had to be taken up by man power . These boats belonged to Robert B . ( Stantoii Stanton ) and the party consisted of fifteen men , only bedding and ( provisions provisiolls ) for the trip being carried . ( R . 3017 . ) It was necessary to have fifteen ( men mell ) on four boats ( on oil ) account of the difficulty in pulling these boats up the river , in handling the boats . It took ( twenty-one twentyone ) days ( in ill ) making the trip from Lees Ferry to Bull Frog , which is about one hundred and ( thirty-five thirtyfive thirty-fl-ve thirtyflve ) miles . ( ( B R ) . 3018 . ) They were able to row the boats at short intervals between the rapids , there always being sand bars and rocks in the river to encounter . After ( deliver deliver- deliver ) ¬ ( ing ilig ) the boats , they secured two old boats and went back down the river to Lees Ferry . These ( were ivere ) just common homemade rowboats , made of ( com com- com ) ¬ ( mon inon ) river lumber , the larger one being about ( eight eight- eight ) ¬ een feet long and the smaller fourteen feet . As ( lie he ) remembers it the trip was made shortly after Christmas , 1898 . The trip down stream required about two days . ( ( E R ) . 3018 . ) He recalls a boat called the Charles H . ( Spencer Spciicar ) and had something to do with its operation . This boat was used for pushing barges from Lees Ferry to Warm Creek and for hauling coal . The barges were pushed up the stream , loaded with coal and then drifted down . He never made a trip from the |