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Show world , and fhis trade 114 was oiie of the ( charac charac- charac ) ( teristics 'teristies teristies ) of the Desplaines River . . Large quantities of supplies of various kinds needed by the settlers in a new country were also transported over the ( Dcsplaiiies Desplailies ) during the same period in boats of the size and ( char- char ) acter then commonly used in river commerce this transportation being carried ( on oil ) between Chicago , St . Louis , and other points . . Canoes of several tons burden were used ; ; ( some solne ) were 35 feet ( long loiig ) by 6 feet wide , some 33 ( feet -feet feet ) long by 4M feet wide , worked by ( pad- pad ) dles and occasionally a sail , and ( had bad ) a crew of eight men , carrying as ( much inuch ) as 6,000 pounds of freight as well as 1,000 ( pounds pouuds ) of provisions . The pirogues were manned by six or seven oars ; the bateaux were larger ( than thail ) the ( pirogues pirogiies ) ; the ( Durham Durhani ) boats were ] heavy freight craft , 60 feet ( long loiig ) , 8 feet wide 2 feet deep , ( with witli ) a capacity of 15 tons , ( draw- draw ) ing 20 ( inches inclies ) of ( water -xvater xvater ) . In ( contradistinction coutradistinction ) to the ( above-mentioned abovementioned ) cases , iio ( such sucli ) extensive early use appears in the Red River case , Oklahoma v . Texas , 258 U . S . ( 574 -074 ) ; or in ( Brewer-Elliott BrewerElliott ) Oil ( cC- cC & ) Gas ( Company Coiapany ) ( ct et ) aL v . ( United Miited ) States et al . . . , 260 U . S . 77 . ( An Ali ) ( inquiry iinqniry ) , , therefore , into the ( ancient ancieilt ) and early uses of the Green , Colorado , and ( San Saii ) Juan rivers becomes pertinent . Indians aind cliff dwellers Practically every river in the United States which is navigable has a history of early ( iiaviga- iiaviga ) |
