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Show Durango , and later from 165 Thompson Springs . . He , looked into the possibility of boating stuff on the river at times but always decided it was impossible . . They investigated bringing supplies down on the river . They never did it . ( R . 605 . ) Never saw any boats on the river except ferry boats , skiffs , little ( flat-bottomed flatbottomed ) boats , twelve feet long . They lost lots of them in high water . They very often made three or four during the season to ferry Indians across . ( R . 605-606 . ) When the placer miners were in there , some of them had no way of getting down to look at the bars ; some of them built little bits of boats of this kind and went down . He has taken a boat down the river from ( Monte- Monte ) ( rama zuma ) to Bluff and from Bluff to Rincon mouth of , , ( Ohinle Cbinle ) , twice . He was a kid the ( first 'first first ) time , took it from ( Montezuma -Alolitezuma Alolitezuma ) ( with idth ) another ( man maii ) , ( Montezuma Alontezuma ) to Bluff later years , ( when wheii ) we would be down at the mouth of Comb ( wash-Rincon washRincon ) , they called their place ; ; he made two different trips down ; they lost their ( boats-rode boatsrode ) a pony up . Nobody ever brought any boats up that river . He never did . ( R . 606 . ) He was ( familiar amilhir ) ( with wfth ) placer mining operations o1i the San Juan River and sold ( merchandise inerchandise ) to ( -the the ) ( miners ininers ) . . The only way he knew of taking ( sup- sup ) plies in to them was by burros and pack horses . ( R . . 608 ) He sold considerable merchandise to the |