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Show ( oliewei-it olieweiit ) to the ( mouth inouth ) of 199 Big ( Mineral "Alineud Alineud ) and stopped , staying ( all aII ) ( winter Whiter ) , selling groceries and dry goods to the people and in return took ( monejr rnoney ) , hides , buffalo robes and country produce . By ( spring SpTillg ) ( they tllQ3r ) pretty well sold out their stock of groceries and dry goods ; they again came back to Preston with ( a -flit flit ) , heavily loaded boat , and sold groceries ( and cand ) ( whiskey whislWy ) there . The boat did ( not liot ) staythere but a little while . ( It R ) was loaded with ( all till ) kinds of fursand hides and ( went -went went ) out in the ( spring sprhig ) . There was a great deal of hunting and ( trapping trappinu ) up and down the river in the early ( days-beaver daysbeaver ) , otter , skunk , mink , ( and aild ) coons ( were ivere ) trapped . There were a great ( many iiiaily ) ( fur-bearing furbearing fur-beariiig furbeariiig ) ( animals aninials ) in the river bottoms then , but they were all trapped out about ( twenty-five twentyfive ) years ago ( , . ) The hunting and ( trapping- trapping trapping ) was done by people on ( both botli ) sides of the river . They were hunting ( and aiid ) trapping as ( far htr ) ( back baclc ) as ( he lie ) could ( remember remembei ) . The keel boat going up the ( mouth niouth ) of the Washita ( came clua-le cluale ) before the civil war . It was propelled by ( steam steani ) ; it had a boiler on it and it was about a hundred feet long , and probably 14 ft . wide . ( He Ele ) heard the ( men nien ) on the boat talk about ( Shreve- Shreve ) port and New ( Orleans Orleaus ) . The first boat that ( he lie ) saw coming up the ( river Tiver ) ( was -Nvas Nvas ) ( called called- called ) the ( "Ruby Ruby "Rift Rift ) Sal . " Dan ( II 1-1 ) . Collins , 40 years old , farmer , of Colbert , Oklahoma , who lived ( there t-here there ) all his life , saw the ( Annie Annic ) P . , and the ( Government Governnient ) snag boats up there . ( R . 1557 . ) ( G 0 ) . ( IF TV ) . ( Webl TVebb ) , residence ( L' L ) 2uiiles south of Achille , southern part of ( Bryan Bryaii ) County , 4 miles ( from froiii ) Red River ; 40 ( years yeaTs ) old , testified ( R . ( 1562 10-62 ) ) that ( he lie ) did ( not liot ) know of any navigation ( on oii ) the river but ( heard licard ) of a steamboat ( which vhieli ) ( came canie ) up the river in 1898 . He had a easoliue boat down ( tit at ) ( Kiamiehi Xiaiidchi ) ( on oii ) the |