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Show 634 is a fall of about two hundred and twenty feet, I think it is, in twenty miles." R. 1529. The expedition ran some of the rapids in Catar-act Canyon and made portages around others. " Q. How did you take your boats through Cataract canyon? Did you run the rapids? " A. No -- we ran some, and made portages around others; we had to make a good many portages in that middle stretch of Cataract Canyon where the declivity is so great. " Q. What about lining the boats? Was it necessary to do that in any of them? " A. Oh, yes, very often; very often we had to line them down, and then sometimes get in them and run a little ways, and then go on with the lining down; sometimes have to take the cargo out and carry the cargo for some yards, one hundred yards, perhaps a quarter of a mile; then load up and go on again -- in various ways." R. 1529- 30. They did not lose any boats in Cataract Canyon, but the rapids were almost continuous. R. 1530. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. Before you get out of that, how many rapids did you have to make portage, do you remember in Cataract Canyon? " A. I don't remember, but it was a great many, great many rapids; the rapids are almost continuous. " Q. Did you haul the boats over the land on the banks, or did you line them mostly? " A. Both ways. " Q. Had you ever lined boats before? " A. On the upper river -- |
