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Show I never found any evidence 34 of Indians having owned or operated boats on these rivers . ( R . 1558 , Vol . 9 . ) 1 have found no evidence that the Spaniards ever used any of these three rivers for navigation purposes . ( R . 1569 , Vol . 9 . ) There was extensive fur trapping in and about the Green River commencing about 1835 or 1840 and the furs were moved out of that country by pack train to St . Louis ( R . . 1570 , Vol . 9 . ) With furs as with other commodities , the seller goes to the place where he finds a market . ( R . 1571 , Vol . 9 . ) When I passed the mouth of the San Juan in October , 1871 , the stage of water ( was ivas ) quite low . When I wrote ( "A A ) ( Canyon -Canyon Canyon ) ( Voyage" Voyage ) ( Exhibit No . 14 ) , ( I 1 ) had leisure and ample opportunity to consider the facts there recited . We saw no part of the San ( Juan Xuan ) River except its mouth . My statement that when I passed the San Juan in October , 1871 , it was shallow and ( "some some ) eight rods ( wide" wide ) was an accurate statement , although I did not get out the measure the stream with a tape . ( When 'When When ) I went past the San Juan on my next trip the water was high and that river and the Colorado were large streams . ( R . 1572-4 , Vol . 9 . ) The statement made in my book ( Exhibit No . 14 ) that our descent from Gunnison Crossing to the head of Cataract Canyon was without a rapid worth recording was correct from our point of view . Except for sand bars that stretch of water was quiet and easy sailing . We had no serious ( diffi- diffi ) culty but occasionally would strike a sand bar and have to get out and wade along . At times we had difficulty in locating the channel and if we got on a sand bar would push off into deeper water , which sometimes was a long ways off , but we had no serious delay or mishap . ( R . . 1575-6 , , Vol . 9 . ) We had no sand bar trouble in Stillwater Canyon but in Labyrinth Canyon would strike a sand : bar every hour or so . On one or two occasions , as I recall , , we were compelled to walk as much as a quarter of a mile to reach deeper water . The sand bars ( didn't didnt ) hurt our boats and we did not consider them of any particular importance except that they retarded progress . I do not wish to intimate that we spent most of our time on sand bars in Labyrinth Canyon or anything of that kind . ( R . 1577-9 , Vol . . 9 . ) In Glen ( Can- Can ) yon the water was at low stage . It is true , , as stated in my book , that a trifle more water would have done away with the sand bars , or at least would , have enabled us to ignore them completely . I think it would have required ( consider- consider ) |