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Show n Indians and cliff dwellers ( M . R . . 26 , , Exception 7 ) Practically every river in the United States which is navigable has a history of early ( naviga- naviga ) tion which antedates the coming of the white man . . This is true of the Hudson , the Ohio , the Missouri , the Columbia , and many others . The history of the world demonstrates that wherever rivers are suitable for the operation of boats , , primitive man has used them for that ( pur- pur ) Freeman Abs R Vol 1 661- pose . . ( Lewis R . . , . . . , pp . 668 . . ) The method of navigation used by the Indians in the United States ranged from the birch bark canoe used by the northern Indians to the log ( dug-outs dugouts ) used by the Indians of the Southern States . ( Bureau of American Ethnology , Bulletin No . 30 , 1 156 ) Vol . . , , p . . . . The inhabitants of the lower regions of the ( Colo- Colo ) rado River used a crude reed boat or raft for the purpose of crossing the river . ( See ( "The The ) Colorado River / ' page 13 , by Freeman , Compl . . Exhibit 81 ; ( "The The ) Romance of the Colorado River , , " page 30 , by Dellenbaugh , Compl . ( 'Exhibit Exhibit ) 13 ) It seems certain that no Indian ever attempted to operate a boat on the section of the Colorado River above the Grand Canyon , or upon the Green River . . No relies have been found which indicated that the Indians or Cliff Dwellers used boats . When Major Powell entered upon his first expedition in 1869 and his second expedition in 1871 , no Indian |