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Show boats were brought back 152 upstream rowing and ( tow- tow ) ing . ( R . 4198 . ) 1891 , July , ( McDonald- McDonald ) ( M . R . p . 58 , Ab . R . Vol . 1 , p . 610 . ( Edwards- Edwards ) ( M . R . p . 58 , Ab . R . Vol . 1 , pp . 560-565 ) . ( Kane- Kane ) ( M . R . p . 58 , Ab . R . Vol . 1 , pp . 587-592 : ) McDonald could not find channel in same place as on first Stanton expedition ; channel disappeared somewhere else ; had same trouble on bars frequently between Greenriver and the cataracts ; the channel in the Colorado River not as bad or changable as on the Green ; sand is moving all the time ; tried backing off bars with oars , but oars went down in sand so far had hard time to get them out ; more water in river when first trip made ; than when second Stanton trip was made ; the ledge in Glen Canyon extends from one side of river to the other , water averages there six or eight inches deep ; ledge extends down river 75 to 100 yards encountered Bull Frog and Trachyte Rapids in same canyon . ( R . 2197-2198 . ) Edwards had rough going at ( DeviFs Devil's Devils ) Auger ; from there on down encountered riffles ; river bed there mostly rocky , boulders and rocks all through ( chan- chan ) nel ; grounded some ; when got to Wheeler ranch decided not safe to take all provisions through Cataract Canyon ; from Wheeler ranch through Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons hard to tell where channel crosses ; they were on sand bars quite a lot ; their boats grounded ; got off by wading and pushing boats off with oars , or by rocking boats ; from mouth of Green to cataracts no difficulty ( R . pp . 1904- |
