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Show Blake- D 915 Then we proceeded, with varying depths of water and widths of the river, to what known as Little valley. Q Where is Little valley with reference to Greenriver? A It is seven miles below Greenriver. When we first enter the valley the river spreads; there are numerous channels, small islands, which may be submerged in high water, although there are some willows upon them. These islands are gravel island, and it is difficult to determine which is the best channel in low water. At some of these places the water is swift, and in these swift places, which seemed the best and deepest water, I could touch oars, and once or twice the boat touched the bottom. And in making a landing it was very difficult, the water was so shallow, and the slope towards the center of the river bed was so gradual that we couldn't find many places where we could moore the boat directly to the shore. In one or two instance through this stretch -- at least one instance,-- I think we had to step into the water to go to shore from the boat. Then there appeared to be -- from what we could determine there without maps there appeared to be a new riffle somewhat lower than the center of little valley. This riffle was not marked on maps, but it was very pronounced. When we went through here boat struck, on account of the shallow water; just below this place we pulled shore, 2885 |
