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Show 1099 There were possibly four or five men in the boat , , and he ( doesn't doesnt ) know where they were going . . ( They1 They ) . Were towincr in places and in . other places , , they . would row . . ( R . . 4399 . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) know any other points that he saw boats going upstream . He recalls the time that there were carpenters and ininers at Bluff , building boats , remembers ( see- see ) ing them , but ( doesn't doesnt ) know who did the ( work wor1c ) , , nor the particular boats ( he lie ) saw . The boats that were made at Bluff were taken to the river directly south of town . ( R . 4399-4400 . ) He would take from twenty to thirty cords of wood on the raft and would use the river for six or eight miles from up stream down in to Bluff . . _ While he was riding the range , he has forded ( the thei ) San ( Juan Juail ) River at different points ; a jSand Island , a few miles west of Bluff ; at the mouth of Comb Wash , below Comb Wash ; and he used to ford quite a little above Bluff , a mile or so . He has been in the river at Mexican Hat a ( num- num ) ber of ( times It-limes Itlimes ) , , crossing the river for cattle . He ( re- re ) members one time , in particular , when he swam across the river with his horses to get them . He has also crossed the San Juan River at the ( Gable table ) Camp and at a number of other places . . |