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Show 123 Q We got them from Moab and had them moved down to Mexican Hat. And then we moved to Mexican Hat and established four or five principal camps that we could reach with and automobile, and then we established " spike camps," as we call them, away from these main camps, and we did our mapping in that way, riding saddle horses daily. By the Special Master: Q Where is Mexican Hat? A It is right opposite Gypsum Greek. There is a bridge across the San Juan River there. Mr. Blackmar: That is all. RECROSS EXAMINATION By Mr. Farnsworth: Q Just one question on one paragraph. I call attention to this statement on page 4 of your report, attached to this Exhibit 55: " The topography of the Colorado Plateau, marked as it is by numerous canyons and steep cliffs, does not permit free travel by automobile, horseback, or on foot. Obviously, the canyons tributary to the Colorado River are deeper and more numerous near the trunk stream that follows the traveler near the main rivers, such as the Colorado, Green, and San Juan, than it is on the uplands remote from the river." Just why do you say that the topography does not permit of this travel by automobile, on horseback, or on foot, on 2084 |