| OCR Text |
Show 691 LOUISA WADE WETHERILL For Complainant ( R. Vol. 9, pp. 1661- 1673) She lives at Kayenta, Arizona, is the wife of John Wetherill, her parents came from Nevada and Colorado, crossed the San Juan River in 1880 and first settled at Mancos, Colorado. She is pretty familiar with the San Juan River from Farmington, New Mexico, to Bluff, Utah. R. 1661. She has been down the San Juan River as far as Navajo Mountain five or six times; the last time she went into Navajo Mountain she went by car, the other times she went horseback with a pack outfit. Her first trip to Navajo Mountain was made in about 1910 and on this trip it wasn't necessary to cross the San Juan River. She went down to Nokai Canyon, along the San Juan River on the south side from Oljato to Navajo Mountain. During this trip the river was frequently in sight; not all the time. She left the river at what is called the Corkscrew and didn't see it any more until she got back to that same point again. R. 1662. She has never seen any boats on the San Juan River, except just to cross in. She has crossed at Bloomfield, at what is called Mexican Crossing, at Farmington and Shiprock, New Mexico, six miles and fifteen miles below Shiprock, at the mouth of Montezuma Creek, six miles below Bluff at the mouth of Butler Wash, at Comb Wash, |
