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Show 802 Greenriver, Utah? " A. It was some time about, -- I think about the 14th of July, somewhere along there. " Q. To refresh your recollection, wasn't it the 10th of July? " A. Well, may be it was the 10th of July; I couldn't tell, because I didn't keep any notes on that, while I have them, I think, in some other from; I think it was about the 10th of July. " Q. What equipment did this party have? " A. We had two boats, practically the same as the Stanton expedition. " Q. Perhaps you better give me the size of those boats, if you can. " A. They were twenty- two feet long, four and a half foot beam, thirty- two inches deep, keel boats, air- tight compartments; water- tight compartments in the end and for the hatches -- for the supplies." R. 1094 - 1095. They left Greenriver in the morning, and dropped down about five miles to what was called Devil's Auger; " quite rough at that stage of water." R. 1095. From there on down to the mouth of the San Rafael, or what was known at that time as Wheeler's ranch, they encountered riffles. The river bed was mostly of a rock formation; boulders and rocks all through the channel. R. 1905. They also grounded some, but not bad. When they arrived at Wheeler's ranch they decided it wouldn't be safe to take all |
