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Show 5571 Hite - X 21 3579 and the Best party came through. A And these were the only parties that you know of that came down the rivers? A No; we had a man stagger into the camp one evening, that was naked and so emaciated that it frightened the dogs and they ran around the horses from him, that had lost his walls for days trying to get out, and finally, at the mouth of Dark Canyon, he made him a raft of railway timbers and started that and fortunately came through. When he got to Hite the current drifted him in towards the willows, and he caught held of a willow and pulled himself out and came up to camp. He did not know how long he had been on the trip. He was just about dead. Mr. Blackmar. That in about all, Mr. Hite. CROSS EXAMINATION By Mr. Farnsworth: Q Mr. Hite, you spoke of trappers that got their mail at your post office. What kind of animals did you they trap down there, Mr. Hite? A Beaver and otter principally. Q Beaver and otter? |