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Show 1806 occurring pretty regularly for the next day or two days. " Just around the band somebody's motor, I think it was Bill Jones', hit something and went out of order. Mine ceased a little bit after. " Mr. Wimmer went on and got out of wight; he was reading the water better and handled his boat with more skill. " Finding Bill Jones laid up in an eddy, I tried to help his out by giving him a tow to start his motor. His tow line became tangled in my motor, and both boats were nearly swamped before getting out of the whirlpool. Finally we got clear and started. " Not until our halt at noon did I look at the walls and notice the beauty of it; I was so busy up to that time I have no recollection of it until the down trip." R. 2575 2576. The first day they made, " say six or seven miles; I know it was less than ten." R. 3577 In that stretch he encounter no sandbars which gave serious trouble. " I am sure, except through the faults of our own navigation nobody touched them. There was very fair water there. " Rocks and swirls, being carried against banks, did bother me and one or two of the others." R. 2577 " The second day, as nearly an I recall, our camp was at the mouth of wave up creek, a point made noticeable by the existence of a striking moment called Sentinal Rock. |
