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Show boat was unloaded . It ( 11.89 11.39 ) ( ran rail ) right along the ( liver Aver ) ; , not ( on oil ) the bedl but on the ( rim rii-n riin ) part of the way and part of the way ( on oil ) the shore . ( R . 4536 . ) While he was ( on oil ) the river ( he lie ) did very little ( raft- raft ) ing , but lie ( did lid ) do some , for a distance of , ( he lie ) ( be- be ) lieves , two or three miles , up and down from ( Hoil- Hoil ) ( aker Iiker ) Trail . During the period that ( he lie ) was on the river ( he lie ) saw parties come down the river ( in ill ) boats , ( carrying" carrying carrying7 ) their supplies . ( Sometimes Somethlies ) ( there tliere ) would be a party every week or two , or maybe two or three boats . in a ( week weel-c weelc ) , and then there would be five or six months go by inwhich there ( wouldn't wouldnt ) be any . It would depend ( on oil ) the conditions ( on oil ) the river , a little ; and on the ( demand deniand ) for ( supplies siipplies ) by the ( miners miiiers ) . ( R 4537 . ) He has been ( on oil ) the river in boats or rafts at ( dif- dif ) ( ferent fereut ) points below Gable Camp . He has been in there with parties on the river , and has been on the San Juan and Colorado Rivers every place that it is possible to get ( on oil ) it , ( he lie ) believes , from Bluff . to Lees Ferry . He ( doesn't doesnt ) ( mean inean ) that he has . been on the river traveling ( in ill ) boats , but has been down to ( the ttic ) ( river rivei- rivei ) or ( crossed erossed ) it ( in ill ) various places . ( R . 4538 . ) At the ( times ffiije-s ffiijes ) ( he lie ) ( has lias ) ( gone goile ) up or ( down doNvii ) the river in boats or ( rafts t-afts tafts ) , ( he lie ) never had any ( particular partictilar ) trouble ; was never . ( stuck stuek ) on the sand bars , as ( in ill ) ( the tho ) district where ( he lie ) ( worked Nvorked ) there are no ( sand saild ) bars . ( R . 4539 . ) |