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Show w sm W : MhttyB * S * fii . u MiikJtfMKk Ul V1 - 1365 ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . , Vol . 30 , pp . 5300-5302 ) : - When he was in ( Maine Alaine ) , pretty near as soon as he . could paddle ( he lie ) would get in a canoe , and he has used a canoe on the Colorado River that the Mohawk Indians made . It is pointed at both ends , and he can turn it over his head and carry it . It weighs . ( ninety-six ninetysix ) pounds . ( R . 5300 . ) He has been over the river a whole lot , and people down there prefer the flat bottom boats because they ( haven't havent ) had the experience to use any other . The canoe is lighter draft that a flat bottom boat and it cuts the water sharp . He has been up from the junction in a canoe as . is shown in the picture he has with him , and ( didn't didnt ) have any difficulty coming up against the current . He would pole it the same as he would any ( other other- other ) boat . He has not come up when the water was , right at the highest , but when it was way up high . He has never been on the Green in a canoe but , he has been up the Green twice . He believes the current in the Green is a little quicker and the ( Green Greefi ) is narrower than the Colorado , and at those places he . would get more current , but when poling a boat he figures on keeping in the eddies whenever he can . . ( R . 5301-5302 . ) Further ( cross-examination crossexamination ) ( R . , Vol 30 , pp . 5303-5304 ) : When he came down from the Dolores River ( he lhe ) ; had the ( canoe-the canoethe ) first time he had a small boat . This was a pointed boat made At Dewey at the |