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Show in a boat belonging to a 483 trader there . . The ( cross- cross ) ing she made at the mouth of Comb Wash was in a boat they made themselves . They went there one night with a lot of freight and ( couldn't couldnt ) cross the . river ; took lumber along , built a boat that night , , . and crossed next morning ; loaded the goods in . wagon on boat and swam the horses . ( R . 1664 . ) At other places she crossed the San Juan ( River River- River ) on horseback or with teams ; just ( drove dro-ve drove ) across . At Goodrich she has crossed the river on the ( "bridge bridge bridge ) and in a bucket on the cable . She has never crossed the river on foot but has , driven a team across when there ( wasn't wasnt vasn't vasnt ) a drop of water in it , and her children crossed on foot . She , has waded the river at the mouth of Comb Wash . ( R . 1665 . ) Tbatwas about six miles above ( Farm- Farm ) ington . The stream which flows all the year around . below Farmington is the Animus , but that time the , Animus was dry . She crossed the La Plata , and it was dry all the way up . ( R . 1665 . ) It was in 1902 ( when -when when ) the river dried up , and she does not recall any other year when it has been dry . She has seen it real low , until just a little stream of water , maybe three feet wide and six inches deep , would be running . ( R . 1666 . ) She has seen this condition at several places both above ( Farmingtoxi Farmington ) and between Shiprock and Bluff . She ( doesn't doesnt ) recall how many different years that has occurred . ( R . . 1666-1667 . ) |