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Show 1254 : ( twenty-eight twentyeight ) or thirty feet long and fourteen feet ( wide Nvide ) , , and he operated it himself . ( R . 4928 . ) ( "With With With ) the loads he had he does not believe it would draw over eight or ten inches . He took loads of stuff to trade with the Indians . The ( trad- trad ) ing post was right at the dredge and the supplies came from Wilson Creek to the ( trading tradiug ) post , about a mile or a mile and a half . ( R . 4929 . ) He was operating this trading post for Frank Bennett and himself . He received mostly blankets , some ( bas- bas ) kets and pottery from the Indians ; sold some of the products he ( received receiYed ) in Salt Lake City , and shipped some to ( Denver Deliver ) . The Indians would come in by horse right across the river , he would go and get them in the boat and bring them to the camp , and when he got through he would take them back across ( the -the the ) river . He believes the Indians used the old road that used to go across at Halls Crossing and off towards Bluff , leaving the road by the lake and come over to the dredge ' . ( R . 4929-4930 . ) Before he had been on the dredge , and while he was watching the dredge , ( he lie ) did some sailing on the river . He has been to Halls Crossing several times . Once , while he was watching the dredge , , Mr Turner came to Halls Crossing and he went . , down with a boat and helped Turner go down to the ( Anderson Amderson ) Bar where Strauss ( had'operated hadoperated ) to , , take some engines across the river , and he sailed back to the dredge the entire distance . . It would be impossible for him to state the number of river |
