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926 they were." This second trip was a great deal like the first trip; quite a few sand bars and rocks were encountered. At Bull Frog rapids the load on the boats had to be lightened, " because we had to work here through the rocks; we couldn't go in where the big boulders were and run her - none of the boats - without fear of losing them." The boats were worked through rocks close to shore and they portaged the stuff so that the boats would be as light as possible to handle. R. 2191. " Outside of that we got on to quite a few bars. When we come to that flat where that ledge runs across the river there, we ran on to that before we thought of it.[ R. 2192] It is apparently level under your feet; we ran on to that, and we had a job, then, everybody had to get out and had to back up, and had to feel along; even where we had found the channel before, there was no channel the second trip, but we found a channel through, got the boats through. " You couldn't pick your boats up and carry them, like we could the first ones." R. 2191- 2192. He remembered where the rock ledge was on the second trip from the experience he had had there on his first trip but was not looking for it when the boats ran on to it, although the rest of the party were. R. 2192. Most trouble with sand bars was encountered on the second trip. By previous arrangement, supplies were obtained at Lees Ferry. The party stayed at Lees Ferry over Christmas and then went on down the river to the Gulf of California. |
