Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico (1914)
Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson), b. 1876, Kolb, Emory Clifford, 1881-1976 · New York : MacMillan · leaf 400
Indian. It usually takes a half-day of bickering toget them to make any kind of a bargain. I told him Iwould take it in the morning. It was a well-constructed boat, almost new, built ofinch pine, flat-bottomed, and otherwise quite similar inshape to the boats my brother and I had used onour twelve… … ON THE CREST OF A FLOOD 285 well worth $30.00, as boat prices went in that town.Why he was willing to sell it for $18.00, or at the rateof $1.00 a foot, I could not imagine. It was the firstbargain an Indian had ever offered me. But if I paidfor it that evening, there were doubts in my mind if…
Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson), b. 1876 · Boats and boating
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