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Show > ' ; ' , ; * * 957 The gravest of thern did not exceed a stage of ( six' six ) or seven foot , . But when the river was in flood , in excess of about two feet , ) they did not row any boats on the river ; they stayed off the river until the flood would descend . . There was one place above , , ( some- some ) ( -where where ) between Slick Eorn Gulch and the ( Good- Good Good ) : ridge [ sic Goodriclil Bridge that a flood came up one morning , about breakfast time , and several of the members of the party had to move their beds , to keep them from being washed away into the river . Of course , they were fortunately not in the river at the time with the boats . ( R . 3755-3756 . ) This occurred in the month of ( August Nugust ) and the flood would pass in a few hours . A rise of the river of two feet would generally keep them off the river . The sand waves would be so bad that there would be danger of the boats swamping . ( R . 3756-3757 . ) The sand waves were most conspicuous during the falling stage of the water . , On the trip they saw the inhabitants of Mexican Hat , , about a half dozen people altogether , and they saw some Indians who lived in Piute Canyon about nine miles away from the river . These were the only persons they saw and none of them had boats on the river . . He saw no boats on the river except the : nes his party had . ( R . . ( 'Vol Vol ) . . 20 , , 3757 . . ) ( R . . Vol . . 21 2 , 3759 . ) ) While he was on the San Juan River lie noticed channel changes in the river , especially at his camp near Clay Hill Crossing , when the main channel sbifted from the middle of the river to the ( banL- banL ) and then back to the middle 33 : ( 107-31-VOL 10731VOL ) . 2-15 |