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Show 867 ( brought bmiglit ) ( upstream upstiream ) from Lees Ferxy , ( iiQir nQr ) does , ( 1m lio ) recall any supplies having been ( brought broiight ) ( down- down ) ( stream strealn ) from ( Moab Afoab ) or Greenriver , Utah . ( R . 3321- 3322 . ) He believes it was in 1896 that ( he be ) went overb the ( San Saii ) Juan River and lie went in , lie believqz , about Cottonwood close to Gable Camp ; ( went -Nvent Nvent ) over from ( Hall's Halls ) crossing vith an Indian ( named wanied ) ( Joe JOG ) Bishop . ( R . 3322 . ) He ( don't dont ) know the ( name iianie ) of ( any ally ) trail he ( went vent ) over , ( and aiid ) after he got ( there thore ) he traded his horse for a boat and traded the other horse to an ( Indian Endian ) for ( some sonic ) ( blankets bbinkets ) . This was close to the first part of December , and went down the San ( Juan Jiian ) River prospecting , but was pretty much disgusted ( with witli ) it ( and kind ) ( wTent weiit ) down through to the Colorado ( truid'bac1c truidbac1c ) ( iip up ) . He ( don't dont ) know ( where -where where ) Cottonwood is located , but it is about 40 or 50 miles up the San ( Juan Jiian ) River . ( ( R 11 ) . 3323 . ) He believes he spent less ( tliari t1laii ) a week ( on oil ) the ( trip t-rip trip ) and there was water enough so ( he lie ) could get down ( through throiigh ) , and there ( were ivere ) a lot of ( sand-ivaviug sandivaviug ) shallow places . It ( wasn't wasnt wasia't wasiat ) good going - ( with Yith ) the boat he had , and he was stuck a . time or two ( 011 oil ) sandbars . After ( he lie ) got down to the Colorado River he went up the Colorado to Hanson creek , and this was his first and last ( experi experi- experi ) ¬ ence on the San ( Juan Juau ) River , and lie ( didn't didnt ) take out any gold . ( R . 3324 . ) The first sand waves ( tliat that ) he remembers ( noticing i-ioticing iioticing ) on ( tbe the ) Colorado River ( was ivas ) in the winter of 1898 , ( when Ayheii ) ( he lie ) went down to the ( Klondike Mondike ) bar , and ( they tliey ) |