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Show ( the iihe ) ( river xiver ) ( again ag-au'l agaul ) at ( Mules -'Mules Mules ) 475 Ears , went ( an o-ii oii ) , oViit to Oljato and put in a stock of goods to trade with the Navajo ( Indians Lidian-s Lidians ) . ( R . 1631 . ) This trading , post was about eighteen miles south of San Juaiif River and ( he lie ) arrived there on the 17th of ( March 'Marcli Marcli ) , 1906 , and left there in December , 1910 . During the time ( he lie ) ran this trading post , ( he lie ) got his supplies ( from froin ) Mancos and Durango , Colorado , and some from Gallup , New Mexico . He had timber hauled for a house . He ( didn't didnt ) do the hauling himself , but had a man driving a team . He was there ( nu- nu ) ( merous nierous ) times along the San Juan River and had ( oc- oc ) casion at intervals to cross the river at the mouth of Copper Canyon where you can go right along by it . He had been there a number of times . Above this point for several miles , the ( river'-is riveris ) canyoned ( up np ) and ( conies comes ) out at Clay Hill Crossing . It again ( closes -closes closes ) up and ( doesn't doesnt ) open up until you get to Goodrich close to Narrow Canyon . ( R . 1633 . ) By taking detours around the head of the canywis he could get fairly close to the San Juan River , and where he would strike river would be about ( seventy- seventy ) five to one hundred feet above the cliff . He could . get down to the river at Nokai by going afoot , and at ( John's Johns ) Camp below you can drive down to the banks of the river with a team . ( R . 1633-1634 . ) He ( lias has ) been at these points ( twenty-five twentyfive Nrelity-five Nrelityfive ) or thirty times , but his only actual contact with . the river itself was in making the crossing ( back baelc ) and forth . |