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Show 238 and after the waves worked on our south bank, it tipped our cribbing in that our ferry was anchored to, and we had no more ferry boat; all went into the river. " R. 598. He has seen this condition of the river at various places all the way from the Colorado line to where it enters the canyon at the mouth of Chinle Wash. There are no perennial streams that run into the San Juan River in the state of Utah. The first stream that runs into the San Juan that runs the year round is the Animus River. It comes from the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. He has freighted all through that country and is familiar with all of the country north of the San Juan and with the country at the mouths of streams on the north side of the river. R. 598- 599. Supplies were first obtained in the winter time from Santa Fe and in the summer time from Alamosa, Colorado. It would take from six to eight weeks to freight to Montezuma from Santa Fe by wagon. Later on they got supplies from Animus City above Durango. In those days it took about two weeks to drive from Montezuma to Durango and Animus City. Freighting was done with horses and miles; with an empty wagon you would freight the seventeen miles between Montezuma and Bluff in one day; with a load it would take two days. Years later they got freight from Thompson Springs, Utah. R. 599- 602. He forded the river at Moab, Utah, in the early years when the water was low as it was easy to cross, the depth |