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Show 333 small rocks just under the surface of the water; we could take the steering oar and touch rocks most of the way through those places; they weren't big rock that would make enormous waves that would throw the boat from side to side and almost swamp the boat, waves that would break over the boat and fill it, - we called those rapids; these others, where the waves were a foot high, - they would be running fifteen miles an hour we would call them riffles." R. 853- 854 The party arrived at Lee's Ferry Saturday, October 8th, 1921. The barge which he had seen under construction on his first trip down the river in 1911 was not seen on this trip. On the trip from Greenriver to Lee's Ferry, besides the boat used by Wimmer, he [ Kolb] saw a survey party working at the mouth of Escalante, using a boat and at Hall's Crossing another party using a canoe. The party using the canoe had been using a flat- bottomed boat without- board motor but he had abandoned the motor boat because he was more used to handling a canoe. The flat- bottomed boat was being used by Mr. Hough's party about seven and one- half miles above Lee's Ferry. Mr. Joekel, a member of the Coast and Geodetic Survey also had rowboats. The only settlers or ranchers seen on the trip were the four cattlemen at John Hite's ranch. R. 854- 855. |
