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Show 11 And yet none of the cliff dwellers, according to the relics which have been found in the investigations of scientists, ever attempted any navigation upon these rivers. No, that may seem a little far afield to start with. But when you take into consideration that nearly every race in the whole world has at some time, when they have livedmupon navigable rivers, used those rivers for transportation in various kins of craft-- from the catamaran and the crude craft of the African savage, down to the canoe which was used by the American Indians, it does not seem so far afield. Coming down to the history of the Indians on these rivers, since the cliff dwellers, we find that, although those Indians, according to the records of American history, were far superior, far more intelligent, and far moreadvanced in the arts and sciences, than ordinary Indians, yet those Indians never at any time attempted any navigation upon these rives. The coming of the white man to the Colorado River was in the year 1538, when the Spanish made some examination near the mouth of the Colorado River. Now, in point of time that is practically coincident with the discovery of the Mississippi River and the St. Lawrence River, and the Missouri River, as well as some of the other large rivers. It antedated the discovery of the Hudson River. 1972 |
