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Show overland to Bluff . When I saw 36 these parties I was on the bank of the river at Mexican Hat in about the year 1898 . ( R . 1598 , Vol . 9 . ) ( I 1 ) have forded cattle across at Mexican Hat . Once I prospected at the mouth of Johns Canyon , taking my supplies in by pack and I never saw other ( pros pros- pros ) ¬ pectors down there use the boats or bring in other supplies by boat . In 1902 or 1903 the San Juan went dry . ( R . 1599-1600 , Vol . 9 ) Many times I have seen the San Juan when it was shallow at the place where they cross it below Bluff and also at Mancos and above the Animas River . I ( wounldn't wounldnt ) say how deep it was on those occasions but I could have crossed over at those places without getting my knees wet . ( R . 1602 , Vol . 9 . ) Many different people have operated the ferry boat at Hite , but I have never spent any time there except to cross the river . ( R . 1608 , Vol . 9 . ) ( I 1 ) have crossed the San Juan when it would be 4 feet deep on one side and three or four days later the channel would be on the other side and you ( couldn't couldnt ) cross because of quicksand . ( R . 1609 , Vol . 9 . ) At Johns Camp sand is deposited so that the bed there has been raised 10 feet in the last few years . This has been caused by the summer storms . ( R . 1610 , Vol . 9 . ) There are rapids on the San ( Juan Xuan ) River at the mouth of Piute Canyon and those are the only ones that are of any extent in there . I have seen ( Turner's Turners ) ( 24-foot 24foot ) motor boat on the Colorado . He also used a sail on that boat and he had placer mines there in 1915 . ( R . 1611 , Vol . 9 . ) He was there for several years and I have seen him going down the river in his boat but ( haven't havent ) seen him use the sail . ( R . 1612 , Vol . 9 . ) ( I 1 ) have not known of Navajos using boats except to carry their wool across the river in boats owned ( by by- by ) the traders . ( R . 1613-4 , Vol . 9 . ) The only people who ever resided in the country along the San Juan below Bluff except oil men and placer miners are those at the Mexican Hat trading post . ( R . 1620 , Vol . 9 . ) When Turner took me across the Colorado River all of the stock swam the river . ( R . 1645-6 , Vol . 9 . ) Between Hite and Lees Ferry there were the following recognized Colorado River crossings : Hite ; Red Canyon ; Halls Crossing ; ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) ; ( Cross Cross- Cross ) ¬ ing of the Fathers . There is a trail or road by ( which -which which ) one can get to those crossings and all of them have been ( es- es ) tablished for some years . ( R . 1648-50 , Vol . 9 . ) Winslow ( Wetherill Wetheiill ) testified : I have never been on the San Juan River below Bluff but have been along its banks . |