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Show 190 of the San Juan River. He has freighted down Moonlight Canyon to Nokai and to about three miles the other side of Nokai where the mines were. R. 144. The road taken went to about five miles below Bluff, where the San Juan River was crossed and went over on the south side. Indians used boats on the river for crossing back and forth but did not run up and down the river or use it as a means of transportation other than for crossing. He saw the San Juan when it was perfectly dry in 1890 except for a few water holes along it. He has seen the river quite low at other times. R. 445. He has crossed the river and forded it when the water was not more than a foot deep, the crossing being made at Bluff. He has also crossed the river by fording at San Island Flat, about five miles below Bluff at the mouth of Comb Wash where Chinle Wash comes into the San Juan River. During the months of July, August, September, November and December of different years, and has crossed the river at the same points with freight wagons. R. 445- 446. The average water at the fords was two to three feet deep; sometimes lower, sometimes higher. The lowest he has ever seen the water is about a foot deep. The river is variable as to depth. " Q. When you first went there to Bluff, Utah, in 1880, has the condition in and about Bluff changed since that time? " A. Yes sir. " Q. In what respect? " A. Well, there was big flats and bottoms all along the river and it has changed; those bottoms are all washed away. The river |