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Show 1023 he followed them down with some supplies. R. 2427- 2428. On the trip back from Lees Ferry in 1907 he had from fifty- five to sixty pounds of provisions in the boat besides his bedding and a few clothes. The boat was not very well loaded. He ran out of grub before he got to [ Hite]. He had about 25 pounds of flour, 15 pounds of bacon, and 15 pounds of beans. That is about all. When he left Russell and Monette at the Stanton dredge he went upstream in the boat to Hite, a distance of about forty miles. He rowed up there a little bit. He had barely enough supplies to get there. The incident he described on direct examination was made on a later trip with Bert Seaboldt, in 1912. R. 2529. He made perhaps three or four trips a year from his ranch at Red Canyon up to Hite and back for supplies. On his way up the river after failing to connect with Russell and Monette at Lees Ferry, he passed some placer miners working on the river opposite the old Stanton dredge. They had a row boat to cross river with. After he had gone over and established his ranch in Red Canyon, he took his boat up to Hite for supplies about three or four times a year. R. 2430- 2431. He made several trips down as far as Smith's Fork, several to Olympia Bar, and a trip or two to the California Bar, taking his boat up and down the river on all of these trips. He has gone up the river very nearly as many times as he has gone down. In going up the river he towed the boat ninety percent of the time and rowed it ten percent of the time. R. 2431. The incident [ of channel changes in front of his cabin in Red Canyon] described by him on direct examination occurred |
