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Show 5447 Mendenhall- D 3457 took them to the shore. Then after we got the raft torn up, Mr. Savage would would stand in that space; I worked the boat up in the eddy and got up to him so I took him off. Q Did you finally get your boat and raft down to the bar for which you had started? A We got the boat down. We didn't re- build the raft. It wasn't far to where we were intending to make our camp. Q Has this point where you first started to work any official designation so it could be located on the map? A I don't know whether the government makes a designa-tion of that, but it was known locally as the Upper canyon, or the First canyon on the San Juan, about eight or ten miles below Comb wash. It started right below Comb wash, just be-low chinle, and extended for perhaps fifteen or eighteen miles through to the Mexican Hat Basin. Q The particular point to which you went, how far be-low? A That was about eight or ten miles below Comb wash. Q In that section of the river was there any riffles or |
