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Show Walker- D 493 The river there is the dividing like between the white folks and the Navajo Indians. Q Have you also engaged in freighting in that country? A Yes sir, quite a lot of it. Q Did you ever have any freight come up the San Juan river that was carried on the river? A No sir. Q Did you ever send any down the river? A No, I haven't. Q From what point do you get your supplies there at Fruitland? A We get it from Farmington, New Mexico, and Callup, New Mexico. Q Is it brought in by wagon? A Wagon and trucks: at that time it was wagons. DR. BLACKMAR: I think that is all. CORSS EXAMINATION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q These skiffs that you speak of were used for conveying supplies, any freight that the Indians had, over the trading post, and then for conveying the Indians and such things as they might buy at the trading post back on to the other side of the river? A Yes, they usually brought pelts or something of that kind over. and traded it for coffee and flour and stuff like that, and then rowed it back. Q There was quite a commerce with the Indians? A Yes sir. Q A great many such skiffs were in use during your experience? 2459 |