As usual we took in a good deal of water and were saturated.

We were growing accustomed to this, and the boats being built to float even when the open parts were full, we did not mind sitting with our legs in cold water till opportunity came to bail out with the camp kettle left in each open space for the purpose.
One rapid where Theodore Hook, of Cheyenne, was drowned in 1869, while attempting to follow the first party, gave us no trouble.

We sailed through it easily.

Hook had declared that if Powell could descend the river he could too, and he headed a party to follow.[6] The motive I believe was prospecting.

I do not know how far they expected to go but this was as far as they got.