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Show vt ( r- r ) . . * ( 'letM letM ) * . f * rtXAr * ta . ( tiU' tiU ) * ev & ' 901 feet long and three and a half or ( four foar ) feet ( wide -wide wide ) , loaded with supplies , down the river . ( R . 3522- 3523 ) In his travels over the rivers in the vicinity of the San Juan and the lower Colorado , he has become acquainted with the Navajo race to some extent . ( ( II 11 ) . 3524 . ) InAregard to the canyons , deep canyons ; Indians are very much afraid of the canyons ; it is almost impossible to get them to go down with you . In fact , never could get an Indian to go ( down dowa ) with us into a canyon . They hear the rocks rolling down there , and they say it is the Great Spirit . That is their idea . By rolling rocks he means the waters , only in high water , the roar of the water ( isn't isnt ) much , but there are always rocks crumbling down from the sides of the canyon , and rolling down toward the bottom , and these make a very loud , rumbling sound , many times , if they are large rocks . The Indians * seem to attribute that to something else besides rocks rolling . ( R . 3524-3525 . ) He never knew the ( Indi- Indi ) ans to eat fish caught from any stream , as there is a legend or superstition that the fish fought the Cliff Dwellers and defeated them repeatedly , and finally drove them into a big bend of the river . The Cliff Dwellers , rather than be captured , jumped into the river , ( and -and and ) were turned into what is called the ( hump bump- bump ) backed fish . For that reason the Indians ( won't wont ) let you get near them with a fish if they can help it . ( R . 3525-3526 . ) He has seen the Indian drawings on the sides of the rocks on the Colorado River . He knows of one on the river itself at Smith Canyon . |