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Show corded in ( the'records therecords ) of 130 the ( Chureli'An"d ChureliAnd ) are set forth in ( Exhibit Ryllibit ) 620 . ( After Mter ) ( tlie the ) advance ( expedition ex-pedition expedition ) had reached ( the thia ) vicinity of Bluff , several of the members started back to ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) on New ( Year's Years ) day , , 1880 . . ( Exhibit 620 , page 12 . ) The return to ( Hole-in-the- Holeinthe Holc-fii-the- Holcfiithe ) ( Roek Rock ) was entirely overland . During the succeeding years , several parties traveled to and from ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) and Bluff . . There is no suggestion any place in the Church ( his- his ) tory of any attempt to move any of these ( expedi expedi- expedi ) tions either up or down the San Juan River by boat . The record of the settlement of the ( San Sall ) Juan River country , as disclosed by Exhibit 620 , shows that the overland travel from ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) to Bluff ( wras was ) accomplished by overcoming stupendous difficulties . It is impossible to escape the conclusion that , had the San ( Juan Juaia ) River the slightest capacity for ( navi- navi ) gation , it ( would Nvould ) have been so ( used usea ) by the ( Mormon Mornion ) settlers . In all the history of the towns oil the ( San Sail ) Juan River , ( 110 no ) merchant ever brought in any supplies by way of the river . ( Tlie The ) San Juan ( set- set ) tlements were supplied by wagon trains from Santa Fe , New Mexico ; Durango , Colorado ; and , ( later latex ) , Thompson Springs , Utah . ( Vol . 4 pp . 600 , 605 , 702 Vol 3 506 ) p ; ; . , , . . |