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Show government survey party then ( 12G 126 ) sectionizing the lands ( ad- ad ) jacent to the San Juan River and meandering the bed of that river , Charles F . Moore being chief of that party . I joined the survey party at Moon Light Creek and that year we continued our survey down to within six miles of the mouth of the San Juan River . Our supplies came by truck from Kayenta , Arizona . In a very few places we ( co-uld could ) have gotten supplies from the river up to the rim of the canyon in that section but , except at a few places , it would have been decidedly impracticable . At most places it would have been impossible to get a pack outfit down to the river , and after reaching the rim we would have had to carry our ( supplies -supplies supplies ) back as far as 18 or 20 miles from the river in order to supply our party . We had a boat in our party which was used by us for carrying our supplies between points whenever practicable . We carried supplies by boat from Nokai to Spencer bar . ( R . 4327-31 , Vol . 25 . ) During the period between September , 1924 , and May , 1925 , while I was with the party I saw no section of the river where the water in the channel was less than ( waist- waist ) deep . I observed no difficulty in any of our boating ( oper oper- oper ) ations on the river . While meandering the river during that period we would go up and downstream in the boat for distances of three or four miles . When using the boat I did not get hung up on sand bars or have any difficulty in navigating . We used the ( boat -boat boat ) for crossing men and supplies at Nokai and at Piute Mesa and in carrying ( sup- sup ) plies from different points . We used the boat going upstream as well as down , but carried no supplies upstream . ( R . 4332-4 , Vol . 25 . ) ( I 1 ) resumed my work with that survey party in December , 1925 , and remained with the party until May , 1926 . Our work was largely back from the rim of the canyon , but our boat was again used where it was ( practi practi- practi ) ¬ cable to do so . ( R . 4334-5 , Vol . 25 . ) ( I 1 ) have had experience with motor boats , using them on the Colorado River during 1926 and 1927 almost daily from Moab to a point about 12 miles above the junction of the Green and Colorado . From my knowledge and experience with motor boats and from my knowledge of the San Juan River , I would say that a motor ( boat -boat boat ) could be run on that stretch of the San Juan River with which I am familiar at any time that I have been there and that there would be no great difficulty in going up or downstream with a motor boat . ( R . 4336-9 , Vol . 25 . ) ( I 1 ) have been on the San Juan River at the mouth |