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Show 689 trapping expedition by his brother, who is now dead. They spent one winter down there. The river had a lot of water in it, but he could wade it most anywhere. R. 1655. This was in the year 1904 and they spent about six weeks on this trapping expedition. He also saw the San Juan River, in 1900 or 1901, in the vicinity of Farmington, New Mexico, when it was dry or nearly so, " absolutely no water in it; just a dry wash." R. 1656. During that summer, he was running a store south of the river and crossed from time to time. In his experience on the river, he has never seen any boats on it with the exception of ferry boats. R. 1656. He has observed sand waves in the vicinity of Farmington, New Mexico. The sand waves would form where the water would come down and strike a ledge and it would then turn toward the center of the river, the water being higher in the center than on either bank. He has never observed sand waves in the vicinity of Bluff. He has observed quicksand in the San Juan River and has got a horse down in crossing the river at Farmington, New Mexico, and has been in the quicksand in the San Juan river below Bluff. " You can't wade the river anywhere without getting in quicksand." R. 1657. |