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Show stayed all ( winter wiiitex ) ( j ; ) it clinicul 198 ) on a rise iiiflie ( xivar xi-Nrcar xiNrcar ) . One was ( stranded straiided ) at Preston and stayed there all ( winter -whiter whiter ) . The one ( that thlit ) ( came c-Canie cCanie ) ( up tip ) to Big ( Mineral 'Alhieral Alhieral ) had a , ( saloon salooii ) ( and aild ) groceries ( 011 oil ) it . The ( pilot Ijilot ) house was torn off of the one that stayed at Preston , by the ( boat botat ) trying to run under a cable , ( and Caiid ) it had to stay until the pilot house ( was ivtts ) repaired . These boats ( caane canie ) before the civil war . A keel boat came up and started up the Washita , but ( hit bit ) a ( rock rovk ) about a ( mile 111ile ) ( up lip ) ( and aild ) ( was wcas ) ( sunk S1111k ) . He heard of a boat ( coming eoming ) ( up itp ) ( in hi ) 1884 , to Colbert , but did not see it ; that it ( was ivas ) the last boat lie ( heard lieard ) of ( on oil ) the river . During the ( time thiie ) these boats ( came canie ) ( up lip ) , the ( channel chaiinel ) was deeper than it is now ; the river was more ( nar nar- nar ) ( row roi- roi ) and there was more water in it at its ( ordi ordi- ordi ) ¬ nary stage . Since the river has widened and has become shallower , it would be possible to navigate the river with ( steamboats steaniboats ) if the snags could be ( gotten gottell ) ( out oiA ) of it , and hold the ( water Avater ) ( in iii ) one place , but the river has spread out so ( in iii ) the valley , the ( water -water water ) is ( more niore ) ( shallow sliallow ) now and there are ( more iniore ) ( sand saind ) bars formed ( than tlian ) when he first ( knew kiiew ) the river . These ( hars bars ) , of course , change from ( one oile ) place in the ( river river- river ) bed to another . He believed ( the t1le ) river could be ( im- im ) proved by ( confining colifiiiing ) this sand , so that it ( could cotild ) be made navigable ; lie further stated that they could go up ( now noAv ) ( in iii ) ( time tfine ) of rises . The rises sometimes come suddenly . There is ( 110 no ) certainty as to when a rise will ( come colne ) down the ( river Tiver ) . He ( knew kile'w kilew ) of ( some sonie ) years in which there was no ( overflow7 overflow ) . One cannot depend upon a rise ( coining comiiig ) at any particular time . The ( steamboats steaniboats ) coming up the niouth of Big Mineral ( and aild ) Preston had boilers ( on oii ) them ; they were loaded ( with -with with ) dry goods , groceries and whiskey |