Then, if he had before thought that this canyon would be easy, the nature of the rapids around him served to undeceive his mind.

The deepening gorge, inadequate boats, and increasingly bad rapids probably affected his nerves, for that night he dreamed of the rapids, and this troubled him so much that he mentioned it to Stanton in the morning.

Breakfast over, they went on.

We had camped at the head of the Soap Creek Rapids, and this party at the foot.

In the first rapid below, which was one of five that we easily ran before stopping for dinner, Brown's boat was capsized.