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^[[BAE No.441 [last number obscured by folded over corner] ]] (This page ^[[ [3 LOOSE SHEETS IN ORIG.] ]] not in Major Powell's handwriting) (Page 13) Aug 17th Left Silver Creek at 8 o'clock and ran a continuous rapid for 3 miles then came to a portage Made it and ran 1 more during the days runs of 9-3/4 and ran 10 rapids C amped on south side. Aug. 18th Made 3 heavy portages in 4 miles camped on north side. Aug. 19th Made two heavy portages and ran 3 very dangerous rapids in 5-1/2 miles camped on south side. Aug. 20th Made 3 portages and ran one bad rapid in 8-1/2 miles camped on north side. Aug. 21 Made one portage to begin with then ran six rapids then came to a very dangerous rapid fall of 20 ft. in 300 yards. Made portage on both sides Made 14 miles today Passed 27 rapids average width of river 60 yards Camp ? North west wll 400 feet Camped on south side. Aug. 22nd Made 11-1/4 miles one very bad portage. north east Camped on north side. Aug. 23 Made 3 portages and ran20 rapids in 12-1/2 miles camp on south side Passed two streams north Aug. 24th. Made 2 portages and passed a dozen rapids in 22-1/4 miles camped on south side in a lime cave. Aug. 25th Ran 13th rapids in 14-1/2 miles then came to lava falls have portage on both sides then pass a continuous string of rapids Ran 20-1/2 miles further Made 35-1/2 miles camped on north side. Walls getting lower and more broken. Aug. 26th Made 35 miles ran 31 rapids and made one portage Passed within ^[[?]] Camped on north side. Aug. 27th Made 12 miles ran a dozen bad rapids then came to cross gulch where Howland Seneca and Dunn left. 109-3/4 miles
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mandc: See page 17.