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Show when the river was dry ; this 129 lasted during a period of from ( ten ton ) days to two weeks ; I recall no other such ( oc- oc ) casion . Aside from that occasion when the river was dry I have never crossed the stream when the water did not corne up near a ( horse's horses ) belly ; those crossings were in low ( water Nvater ) . I have crossed cattle just above where the ( Good- Good ) ridge bridge is now located , such crossings being usually in November when the water is quite low and the horses and cattle had to ( swim swini ) . Even at Sand Island I have no recollection of ( making malting ) any crossing when the water did not come up near the ( horse's horses ) belly . ( R . 4371-6 , Vol . 25 . ) Just below the mouth of Chinle Creek , where the river is quite wide , there is a good , hard bottom crossing where I have gone over with a wagon . I have crossed cattle there at Mexican Hat and just below Mexican Hat . The first two times we crossed at Mexican Hat it was necessary to swim the cattle . ( R . 4382-4 , Vol . 25 . ) ( I 1 ) once crossed the San Juan at Moon Light in a boat . ( R . 4385 , Vol . 25 . ) H . C . Perkins testified : I am in the sheep and cattle business and live at Blanding , Utah . ( R . 4388 , Vol . 25 . ) I have had occasion to cross the San Juan River frequently and have crossed it at the mouth of Chinle Creek Comb , Wash , Mexican Hat , also at a point five or six miles above Mexican Hat and at Sand Island , just below Bluff . I ( know kno-Nv knoNv ) of no other place on the river where it is as wide or as shallow as at Sand Island , where I have frequently crossed . Aside from one occasion when the San Juan River went dry I have never seen that stream at its lowest stage the water ( wouldn't wouldnt ) come up to a ( horse's horses ) belly in crossing . I do not remember ever seeing the river at Sand Island as low as it was in 1928 except on the occasion when it went dry . I was in my car south of Bluff and south of the river at that time , and by crossing at Sand Island could save a ( 50-mile 50mile ) drive around via the bridge ; I hired a team to pull my car across the river , and on that occasion the water came up to the bellies of the horses . ( R . 4390-2 , Vol . 25 ) 1 have been up and down the San Juan River from Bluff to the mouth of the river , at different points . ( R . . ( 4393 W3 ) , Vol . 25 ) ( It was stipulated that Mr . Dan ( Perkins Perkim ) would testify substantially as did the witness G . W . Perkins . R . 4395 , Vol . 25 . ) |