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Show tion which ( aiitedatcs ahtedates ) the 115 coming of the white inan . . r . ( This rhis ) is true of the Hudson , the Ohio , the Missouri , the ( Columbia Cohimbia ) , , and many others . The history of the world demonstrates that ( wherever -wherever wherever ) rivers are suitable for the operation of boats , primitive man has used them for that ( pur- pur ) pose . ( Lewis R . Freeman , Vol . ( M 14 ) , p . 2570 . ) Historical ( writings writiligs ) ( indicate indieate ) that no Indians ever used the San Juan River as a highway of travel . None of the early settlers ever saw or heard of the Indians traveling this river in boats . ( ( Tol Vol ) . 3 , pp . 3651 , 4281 445 . ) The method of ( navigation liavigation ) used by the Indians in the United States ( ranged Tanged ) from the birch bark canoe used by the ( northern -northern northern ) Indians to the log ( dug-outs dugouts ) used by the Indians of the ( southern southem ) states . ( Bureau of ( American A-mericall Americall ) Ethnology , Bulletin No . 30 , Vol . 1 p . 156 . ) The inhabitants of the lower regions of the Colorado River used a * crude reed boat or raft for the purpose of crossing the river . ( See ( "The The ) Colorado River , " page 13 , by Freeman , Exhibit 81 ; ; ( "The The ) Romance of the Colorado River , " page 30 , , by ( Dellenba-ugh Dellenbaugh ) , Exhibit 13 . ) It seeills ( certain cortain ) that no Indian ever attempted to operate a boat on the section of the Colorado River in Utah , or , upon the Green River . . ( N"o No 1-To 1To ) ( relics relies ) have been found which indicated the use of boats by the Indians . When Major Powell entered upon his first expedition in 1869 and his second ( expedi- expedi ) |
