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Show 62 6248 4240 Rose- C A I was paid a little for that trip, yes. Q You were paid for that trip? A I think I was; I wouldn't say positively that was true. Q Did you take anybody down with you? A I took my sister. Q Your sister went down in the boat with you, did she? A Yes sir. Q You had taken a great many trips up and down the river before this, hadn't you? A Yes sir. Q And you knew you were going to bring quite a party back with you? A Yes sir. Q And nevertheless, notwithstanding your knowledge of the difficulties of going down the river and the difficulties of coming up the river, you took your sister along? A Yes sir. Q Have you done a good deal of prospecting? A Very little prospecting. Q What has been your business, Mr. Ross? A Of late years? Q No, during the time you were there at/ Greenriver, say between 1886 and 1916, what was your business? |