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Show 759 They saw only one man, who was by a little cabin on the left bank of the Green River, about twenty miles below Greenriver, Utah. This was at noon the second day. R. 1817 - 1818. From the mouth of the Green River on down to the cataracts, the river is fairly narrow, contains plenty of water and, there fore, they encountered no difficulties in this four mile stretch. R. 1818. His description of Cataract Canyon would be about the same as testified to by Mr. Rodin. There were forty- eight of fifty rapids in a length of thirty- nine or forty miles, and it was very rocky in Cataract Canyon. Most of the boats filled with water as they went through, but only one upset in the Canyon. They were all very fortunate in that they were able to run every rapid except at the head of Dark Canyon. Frank B. Dodge was the head boatman of the expedition and Mr. LaRue was the technical director. Mr. Smith was the assistant director of the movie company. Mr. LaRue did not assist very much in operating the boats. At times he would row for a little while, as all of the passengers did, to relieve the boatmen. R. 1819. They came out of Cataract Canyon the day after Thanksgiving and stayed that night at Hite, Utah. The river through there appears to be all right, but is kind of boiling on the surface, rolling around, and the first thing you know, your boat goes sideways, or cuts around in a circle. |
