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Show 0140 ahafctocl tdiA 4ndl ars they ( would wotild ) , be of Distance . ( ( B R ) . ( 957-958 9557-958 ) . HENRY E . BLAKE * j < Complainant > ; c . ( A- A ) ( Record , vol . 5 , pp . ( 878-955 878-055 ) Resides at ( Monticello 'Alonticello Alonticello ) , ( Utali Utall ) ; 32 years ( M 6f ) 46 . ( Aa's Aas ) followed newspaper business as a printer , ( sur- sur ) veying as a rodman and recorder ; has had high school education ; ( was Nas ) boatman for U . S . ( Govern Govern- Govern ) ¬ ment survey parties . Has had experience boating ( on oil ) Green San ( Juan T-Lian TLian ) and Colorado Rivers . , , ( R . 878-879 . ) Made a trip ( with Nvith ) father in gasoline launch from ( Greenriver Greeliriver ) to Moab , Utah . 1921 acted as boatman on dangerous parts of San Juan River for U . S . Geological Survey . ( R . ( 879-890 879-S90 879S90 ) . ) Handled ( see- see ) ond boat . ( R . ( 880 8SO ) . ) Boats brought by truck from Greenriver to Bluff and launched at Bluff . , ( R . ( 880-881 880-8SI 8808SI ) . ) ( Plat Flat ) bottom , 16 ft . long , 4 ft . wide ; draft 3 inches unloaded . Loaded with provisions and passengers , draft 12 inches . ( R . ( 881-882 S81-SS2 S81SS2 ) . ) Took one boat through the Narrows below ( Mex Afex- Afex ) ican Hat ; waters swift and hard vigorous work . ( R . 884 . ) Rowed boat back and forth across the river , and next trip ( with -with with ) boat through canyon above Clay Hill Crossing . Boats loaded not over six hundred pounds to the boat . ( "Water Water Water ) not at flood stage . ( An- An ) other time took a boat through a small rapid . Boat struck a rock and split from stem to stern ; in his |
