She knew very well that there was no danger whatever in Brown's Hole, and that the river in this pretty park was the quietest on the whole course.
But for its inventor the yarn had fulfilled its purpose, and he found himself east of the Mississippi, where he wanted to be, with a pocket full of dollars.

A week or two after the story appeared letters were received from Powell via the Uinta Agency.

These positively proved the falsity of the tale.
On the fourth day in Cataract Canyon three portages were compulsory at the very outset to pass safely over a stretch where the waters tumbled seventy-five feet in three quarters of a mile, and at the end of this three quarters of a mile they camped again, worn out by the severe toil.
Rapids now came with even greater frequency, between walls more than two thousand feet high and often nearly vertical from the water.

On the 27th a flock of mountain sheep was discovered on the rocks not more than one hundred feet above their heads.

The game did not see the hunters, who landed quickly in a convenient cove, and two fat sheep were added to the rapidly diminishing larder.