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Show Another ferry was located 198 about ( one-fourth onefourth ) mile ( below beloiN ) ( Tulsa ) and two near the mouth of the Cimarron River . The craft at Tulsa consisted of skiffs , gasoline launches , and a few houseboats . A miller and stockman , near the disputed portions of the river , built a boat 9 by 43 , six horsepower , drawing 12 or 14 inches , and used it for the purpose of hauling hogs , gun stocks , and wheat to Tulsa , a distance of 50 to 65 miles , and returned with ( mer- mer ) chandise . The venture proved unsuccessful and the boat was sold for a ferry . Another resident of Cleveland rafted logs two miles to a mill and ran a ferry and other small boats , ( with 'vith vith ) fair success when the river was up and at ( ordinary ordinary- ordinary ) stage by keeping the channel and occasionally pulling off sand bars . United States v . Holt State ( Bank Banlo ) ( 270 U . S . 49 ) Chris Saastad , witness for the Government , first saw Mud Lake the latter part ( 'of of ) June , 1892 , when he crossed it in a small , ( flat-bottom flatbottom ) boat . In ( cross cross- cross ) ¬ ing , the boat was rowed in places and it was ( neces- neces ) . sary to pole it in others . In one place in ( particu particu- particu ) lar the oars struck and it was necessary to pole the . , boat to get across . There appeared to be a kind . of bar in this section . The route followed was up Thief River into Mud River and then into Mud Lake , and up the river west of the lake . He saw the lake nearly every year since . He was on the lake in various years since 1892 ; crossed both ways . |