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Show 667 never saw any other prospectors down there using boats. All got their supplies in by teams or pack train. He also recalls an occasion in 1902 or 1903 when he crossed the San Juan River about eight miles above Farmington, New Mexico, when it was dry. R. 1600. Between Farmington and the mouth of the San Juan there are no streams that have a regular flow of water. The Mancos, the La Plate and the Animus Rivers were all dry. R. 1601. He has also crossed the river below Bluff and at the crossing by the mouth of the Mancos that is up above the mouth of the Animus, without getting, his knees wet; also at Mexican Hat, at the mouth of Comb Wash, the Barton Cabin, about eight miles below Comb Wash, and also at a place called Sand Grossing three or four miles below there. R. 1601- 1602. He has been an Indian trader and kept a store at Ojcalamo, Chavis, Benito, New Mexico, and Oljeto and Kyenta, Arizona, and as Long as he has been in that country, he has never seen any of the merchants in and around Bluff, Mexican Hat or any other points in the San Juan River use the San Juan River for the purpose of bringing in merchandise. R. 1602. For years, the merchants brought their supplies in by team from Mancos, Colorado, and afterwards they cane in by the way of Monticello and Blanding, Utah, from Salt Lake City, Utah. He knows that there has been considerable wool |