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Show MK * . . . . . 476 ( ( E R ) . 1634 . ) He saw the ( Turner Turiier ) boat at the ( Adam's Adams ) cabin where Turner was then ( living liviiig ) , located at the mouth of Red Canyon about eight miles ( below below- below ) White Canyon on the Colorado River . ( R . 1635 . ) Turner had a ranch at this point . He ( didn't didnt ) take any trips on the river with Turner except to take his stock across . At the time he was at the ( Turner Turner- Turner ) ranch he was accompanied by Ernest Smith and ( had bad ) two saddle horses and two pack animals . ( R . 1636 . ) They rode in the boat across the Colorado , River , led their saddle horses back of their boat and the mules followed behind the saddle stock . The boat they crossed in was just a little skiff , a flat bottom boat , just made for crossing the river . , ( R . 1637 . ) ( He 'He He ) ( didn't didnt ) cross the river in a power boat . On the other trips mentioned where he crossed the . San Juan from one side to the other , there were . no boats at the fords . The boats they had seen for crossing the San Juan River were located at the ( Pour Four ) ( Corners Coriiers ) at Anarth and at the mouth of , , Montezuma Creek , but these boats usually ( went -went went ) out with the high water . Sometimes during ( the the- the ) ( summer sumnier ) , the boat would go right down the river and they would have to make another one the ( fol- fol ) lowing year . ( R . 1638 . ) Two instances he saw men going down the river in boats ; one about ( twenty-five twentyfive ) miles above Bluff and the other at ( Goodrich Goedrich ) below Bluff . The first instance , the boat he saw going down was a ( flat- flat ) |