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Show 681 boat they crossed in was just a little skiff, a flat bottom boat, just made for crossing the river. R. 1637. He didn't cross the river in a power boat. On the other trips mentioned where he crossed the San Juan from one side to the other, there were no boats at the fords. The boats they had seen for crossing the San Juan River were located at the Four Corners, at Anarth and at the mouth of Montezuma Creek, but these boats usually went out with the high water. Sometimes during the summer, the boat would go right down the river and they would have to make another one the following year. R. 1638. " Q. Where were the boats that you spoke of having seen that were used for crossing the river, that you had seen used for that purpose? " A. There was one at the Four Corners; there was one at Anarth; there was one at the mouth of Montezuma creek; but these boats usually went out with high water; some time during the summer the boat would go right down the river; have to make another one for the following year. " Q. You were present on those occasions, I take it? " A. I have only the trader's word for it." R. 1638. ( Answer ordered stricken out. R. Vol. 9, pp. 1639). Two instances he saw men going down the river in boats; One about twenty- five miles above Bluff and the other at Goodrich below Bluff. The first instance, the boat |