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Show 922 kept feeling and working across; you couldn't see, too much sand working in the river, - feeling across until we came to an opening, then put the boats through the opening." R. 2179- 2180. [ MR. RYAN:] The large rock which crosses the river is located about one hundred twelve miles above Lees Ferry and is very close to what is known on the map accompanying Mr. LaRue's Water Supply Paper as Bed Rock dam site. R. 2180. There were quite a few rapids encountered in Glen Canyon but most of them were not bad: " you could run them going down: but if you went up them you would have to get out, haul your boat or walk alongside and pull it along. " Bull Frog rapid - I don't know what they call it - it is the mouth of Bull Frog creek, anyway, - just above that is where we blasted a ledge down and hauled the dredge material in; I Think they call it Stony Bar, on account of so many rocks and boulders across there. That is a bad place. There is rocks in that as large as a quarter of the room here, almost, and lots of them." R. 2181. Dan, [ sic Ben] and Homer Hite were there then ; there was only Cass and Johnny Hite there before. " Q Now bring this expedition on down to Less Ferry. " A Mr. Stanton wouldn't travel on Sunday, and they laid up just above the mouth - Saturday night, - just above the mouth of Escalante; Escalante is about twelve miles above the mouth of the San Juan. " Mr. Brown and I and Reynolds got into the boat Sunday morning and came on down; we slept all night; - Mr. Stanton, we knew, wouldn't come - and we couldn't get back up; we |
