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Show 647 was the limit, generally, of boating on the Niagara. It was very swift. In returning from Grand Island, it is always necessary to keep very close to the Canadian shore in order to avoid the swift current in the center of the river. He also had experience on the lake. He has also studied the Colorado River region and the people around it ever since the first time he went out there. He lived with the Hopis for five weeks and had some of them with him at Keen Canyon. He also studied the Navajos and the Indians around Kanab and around Trumble; studied the Piutes and embodied this knowledge in his book " North Americans of Yesterday", " which is a resume of Indian life on the continent." In all of his investigations of the Indians and their lives and habits, he never discovered any evidence of there having owned, possessed or operated boats [ on the Colorado, Green or San Juan Rivers]. R. 1556- 1558. He has published a number of books during his lifetime, consisting of: " North Americans of Yesterday" " Breaking the Wilderness" which describes the opening of the region west of the Missouri River. " The Romance of the Colorado River" [ Complainant's Exhibit 13]. " A Canyon Voyage" [ Exhibit 14]. " Freeman in 1849", a history of Freeman's Expedition in the west. " Life of George Armstrong Custer" In the preparation of these books he did a great |