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Show 5025 Johnson- C pg3038 Q And towed some? A And towed some, considerable was towing. Q Where you came to a good place to tow, so you could walk along a bank or on a sandbars, you would tow? A Yes sir. Q Other places you would row? A Yes sir. Q Other places pole? A Where the water was not so swift, favorable conditions, we would row. Q You have observed from your navigation of the river, haven't you, Mr. Johnson, that ordinarily you have less trouble with sandbars obstructions in the river going up than coming down? A Yes sir; they all do. Q You took twenty- one day going up, you say? A Yes sir. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Do I understand the witness to say these fifteen men got in these two small home- made boats? BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q I understand they came back with you in those boats? A Yes sir. Q Seven men in one boat and right men in the other? A Yes. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q The boats were only fourteen feet long, you say? |