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Show 4175 McDonald- D 2195 on the first Stanton. A No, you bet your life you don't find the channel the same place; run along thinking the channel was the same place, and run it wrong, and find the channel by gradient had disappeared somewheres else. Q Tell me about the progress of the trip from Greenriver down to the cataracts. A We had the same trouble getting on bars and hunting the channels, getting on rocks. Q Did you get on the bars on this Best expedition frequently? A Yes, we got on bars frequently. Q What do you mean by frequently? A Sometimes two or three times a day get on to a sandbar. Q And then how would you get off the sandbar? A Hop out into the water and back the boat off, feel along for the channel Q Through Cataract canyon you lost one boat on this Best expedition? A Yes, No. 1, the boat I was in. Q Did you run all rapids in Cataract canyon? A You bet your life. Q Did you portage any of them? A What? |