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Show 3624 Wetherill- RD 1646 A They swam through the deeper channel. BY MR. BALCKMAR: Q At any rate, there was not any of the stock crossed in the boats? A No stock crossed in any boat. Q Now, these stretches where you traveled along near the river, which you have spoken of here as a stretch of two or three miles, did that two or three miles include all of the places along the river in the canyon where you could go? A Yes. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q This is the San Juan river? A San Juan river. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q That is, all of them together were two or three miles long? A Along there at the Recompense camp, Clay Hill crossing, there is another stretch there you can go along fairly close to the river, by working back and forth. You can do the same at the mouth of the river, and Nokai canyon; you can't stay right along the bank of the river all the time even in those two or three miles; you have to get back. Q How long is the trail down there along near Nokai canyon? A How long is it along the river? |