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Show . . . w ( 'V V ) , * ( -w w ) , , * ' . ( -j j ) , ; rt mrtt > jj . . * w ( 'j j ) M m i a i ( ir' ir ) < ( ii'ii iiii ) icmiHinrt * ii H - ( to-- to ) . ( -wj wj ) J < jli . i 1157 feet long and eight feet ( wide -wide wide ) and the ( sides-wero sideswero ) ( eighteen-inch eighteeninch ) plank . ( When NTuen ) it ( was -was was ) loaded , he ( be- be ) lieves , the water ( came caine ) up on the ( sidos sides ) eight or nine ( inches hiclies ) . ( R . 4595 . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) remember the month in ( which -which which ) ( he -he he ) made the first trip , but it was during shearing time , and ( he lie ) would say it was in March or April . The second trip ( wasn't wasnt ) two weeks after the first ( trip t-rip trip ) . He went back to Bluff from . ( Rincoii Rincon ) in a wagon , taking produce , ( wool -wool wool ) , and hides back . The store at Rincon was a branch of the Bluff ( Co-op Coop ) . , a large organization , and L . H . Redd was the ( superin superin- superin ) tendent at the time . Mr . Redd has been dead for two or three years . ( R . 4596 . ) After he got down he was a clerk in the store , and there was other merchandise there besides what he brought down . The other merchandise was brought by wagon . When they would come down to take produce they had secured , they ( would woulcl ) bring provisions down that way . He was trading - ( with idtli ) the Navajos , and he got Indian wool , sheep pelts and goat hides , and blankets from them . He ( didn't didnt ) take this stuff up to Bluff in a boat , as he would have had to tow it up , and it was pretty swift in places ; it was easier to go up by team . He never took the boat back to Bluff . It was used down there to cross Indians over the river . ( R . 4596-4597 . ) When he came ( down'the downthe ) second time he bought a new boat , as lie had lost the other one . He ( doesn't doesnt ) |