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Show Hyde- D 623 Q These other rapids you speak of, do you know of those through going, or by reason of going down through them by boat, or from what you say? A No, I never took a boat below. Q You are describing these rapids from what you saw from the rim of the canyon? A I never was through there in a boat, through the river anywhere. Q you are describing them from what you saw from the rim of the canyon? A Yes, the ones below there I am describing from what I saw from the rim of the canyon. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I wanted to make sure what his description was based on. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Shortly after you went into that country were the towns of Blanding and Monticello established? A No, they were not; it was a number of years after. Q And after they were established, they got their freight in the same manner that you got yours at Montezuma and Bluff? A Yes, they did; they freighted in. Q Where is the population in that county? Where do they live, what part of the county? A It is very sparsely populated. Blanding three years ago, I think, when I left there, estimated nine hundred; Monticello three hundred; the rest of the population is around on the ranches. Q East or west of a line drawn through Bluff City? 2591 |
