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Show Record stuck on a sand bar about fifteen miles above Bluff. The other man I have mentioned was at Mexican Hat, and he was going on down the river the last I saw of him. Later I saw the man who was stuck on the sand bank at Bluff. I saw the first of these men with boats in 1898 and the second in 1909. Several of these roads I have mentioned were in existence at that time. John Wetherill testified on redirect examination as follows: 1645 At the time I crossed the Colorado River with Turner, 1646 all of the stock swam across the river. The two or three mile stretch that I spoke of, where I traveled along near the San Juan River, includes all of the places along the river in the canyon where one could go. At Clay Hill Crossing there is a stretch where you can go fairly close to the river by working, back and forth; also at the mouth of the river and Nokai Canyon. You cannot stay right along the bank of the river all the time even in 1647 those two or three miles. In 1906 there were Piute corn fields at one place on the San Juan, but they were washed out in 1911 by floods. Turner's ranch consisted of about seventy acres. In response to questions by the Special Master the witness testified: 1648- 1650 Between Hite and Lee's Ferry there were the following recognized Colorado River crossings: That at Hite, which was used in the eighties, at which there was a regular ferry boat; that at Red Canyon, where you went across with light boats; that at Hall's Crossing; that at Hole- in- the- Wall; and that at the Crossing of the Fathers. There is a trail or road by which one can get to those crossings. All of these crossing have been well established for some years. John Wetherill testified on recross examination as follows: 1651 It is about one hundred and ten miles from Hite to Bluff by road; about one hundred and thirty miles from Hall's Crossing 214 |