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Show 4027 Zahn- D 2047 box on this raft down the river. A That year in May, in June, there was a very heavy flow of water coming down the San Juan river, and it was very difficult to negotiate any crossings. Q What do you mean by crossings? A Up above where the road crosses, up above between Bluff and this Hoskinnini reservation there; I had to wait for the water to, you might say, subside, and make it more favorable, because it was a little bit too deep to take any chances in going down the canyon with the raft. And I had no trouble getting the raft started, be-cause I could easy push it over into the stream, but during the day many times I got caught and struck on shallows, shallow water; it was a very difficult matter for one person to try to watch just where the main current was going, and to keep the raft afloat. At that place, at the Recompense camp, the river is quite wide, at least the bed of the river is quite wide; it is what they call the Cottonwoods. Q How many hours did it take you to get down? MR. FARNSWORTH: You mean down to his camp from where he started with this raft? MR. BLACKMAR: Yes. A Oh, I presume I left there about ten o'clock and arrived down at camp at sundown, and this was, I think -- just |