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Show that engine trouble , I recall 176 no other difficulty of any character that we encountered during the years I was ( navigating- navigating navigating ) with the Navajo . I have never been capsized by one of these waves and never knew of any one else being capsized , and I run those waves head on . When there is a flood driftwood appears on the river , but ( -not not ) at other times . Driftwood damaged my paddles when I was operating with a side wheel . Driftwood usually follows the main channel and you can dodge to one side of it . It never kept me off the river . ( R . 5353-6 , Vol . 30 . ) 1 have never found any great change in the channel of the Green or Colorado river between Green River , Utah , and Moab , except that when a flood came in from a side wash it would be hard to find a channel for a few hours . There was ( al- al ) ways a channel if you knew where to find it . Where there is a fall of 2.8 feet per mile the current is sufficient to wash away material brought in through side canyons within a few hours ; at other points it may take a day or two for the channel to be cleaned again and back in its former ( con- con ) dition . What I have just said holds true in Stillwater and in ( Labyrinth Labyriiith ) Canyon . After you have made your first trip through a place where material has been washed in from a side canyon you have no difficulty in finding the channel there on later trips , but you have to keep a sharp lookout . Usually the channel is ( well-defined welldefined ) and there are surface indications of its location . ( R . 5356-9 , Vol . 30 . ) Knowledge of the Green and Colorado rivers and boating experience upon them are very valuable aids in navigating those streams . ( R . 5363 , Vol . 30 . ) Eleven photographs ( marxed marKed ) ( "Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibits Nos . 32 to ( 32-J 32J ) , " both inclusive , are pictures along the stretches of water concerning which I have testified and of various boats and points of interest . . One of ( them-Exhibit themExhibit ) ( 32-C-is 32Cis ) a picture of the Wilmont pushing a scow loaded with several tons of copper ore . ( R . 5367-72 , Vol . 30 . ) It is my conclusion that the Cliff Dwellers certainly made use of the river because their store houses are often placed in a canyon where there is no other method of approach and at points absolutely inaccessible except to boats on the river . At those points there are marks , or foot holds , up and down the canyon walls from their houses to the river . ( R . 5374 , Vol 30 . ) 1 ceased carrying freight and passengers late in 1912 because I ( could- could ) ( n't nt ) make it pay ; by that I mean that we did not receive money that we considered compensation for our investment |