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Show ( In 1h ) 1915 , as lie recalls , 467 ( he lie ) saw a maiinanied , ( Tur- Tur ) ( neo nor ) on the Colorado River with a ( twenty-four twentyfour ) ( fpjpt Tpot ) : motor boat , equipped also with a sail to help him ( "back back 'back back ) up the river . ( R . 1611 . ) Turner had ( some sonic ) placer claims at the mouth of ( Hed Red ) Canyon and he saw him operate the boat ( down dowil ) ( the -the the ) river . He had a sail ( 011 on ) it , but ( wasn't wasnt -wasn't wasnt ) using it when he went down the river . ( He Ile ) was never in the boat himself . The other boats ( he lie ) saw were just small skiffs and were used as most of the boats on the river were , used , simply to cross back and forth at high water . ( R . 1612 . ) The traders along the river have boats that they use to carry the ( Indians' Indians ) wool across the river . He has had considerable experience with the Navajo Indians has lived with them has ( been Wen ) on , , ( -the the the ) reservation for the past thirty years , but does not know of any of the Navajo Indians having owned or used boats except to cross the river with their wool in boats owned by the traders . ( R . 1613 . ) He is familiar with the roads and trails in that particular part of San Juan Country that lie west of a line drawn north and south through Bluff , Utah , and has been in the locality recently . < R . 1614 . ) He is also familiar with a road that goes from Bluff to Mexican Hat and on to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) , ( Flag Flag- Flag ) staff and Grand Canyon . This ( road Toad ) is on the |