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Show 1.162 ( way MtIY2 ) , as lle ox ( gL'atGd gLatGd ) both ways . At ( L-his Lhis ) ( carossbiag' carossbiag ) ( Uisre fliere ) are gravel ( 'bars bars "bars bars ) oil both sides of the rbrW . . , ( R . , . 4578 . ) The horses crossed easily and without ( Swimming vdiiiiiiing ) , , although he had to ( swim swini ) ( them thein ) onee , ais it depends on the condition of the river . He has also crossed at ( Hitc Hite ) , ( and aud ) this crossing is gravel mostly . The crossing is below the rapids , but ( he lie ) has had to swim his horse every ( til-ne tilne ) Ile ( Crossed dilossed ) there . He believes ( he 1l-- 1l ) has crossed there ten ( times thiies ) . There was a boat there at one ( time thne ) , and he would take his outfit over in the boat , and the 1 stock would ( swim swini ) across . If he only had two lie would tow them but when ( he lie ) had a bunch he would , ( swim swini ) them . He ( hasn't hasnt ) crossed at Hite for seven or eight years . There is a trail up from ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) oil both sides of the river ; the one on the northwest side is a pretty tough trail . It used to be an old road but is just a pack trail now . ( R . 4579-4581 . . ) His outfitting point for these trips is at ( Bland- Bland ) ing , Utah , and the boats that he spoke of going down the Colorado were canvas boats that Dave Rust built . Outside of these boats he has never seen any others going down the Colorado River . . He was at Hite three years ago , , but ( didn't didnt ) cross , , and nobody was there at that time . . There are no placer miners left over in the San Juan Canyon that he knows of , but there is one man at ( Jt- Jt ) heiiiouth of rZed Canyon , on the Colorado River ; ; a ( man inan ) by the uaine of Carpenter , whom be saw last June . . |
