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Show 1155 010 ( ficult ficu1t ) to ride on . The skiff got through by turning off crosswise , and he held on to the sides . He was ( right Tight ) in the middle of the sand waves . ( R . 4588 . ) ( He Ile ) had had ( some soine ) ( former foriner ) experience with boats but not with sand waves . This was the only difficulty ( he lie ) encountered on this trip . He was then down at the store for a couple of months , and while there ( ho he ) saw a big lumber raft . It was about five thousand feet andwas bolted together to ( malce mAze ) it safe . There were five men on it , with supplies . They appeared to have poles , probably to steer with . They were ( going gohig ) down to the Gable Camp , and he believes he knew one of them . This was in the spring of the year . ( R . 4589 . ) He knew a placer miner by the name of ( Menden- Menden Afendeii- Afendeii ) hall , for whom he worked , at what he ( believes believe's believes ) is called the Goose Neck , below ( Mexican "Mexican Mexican ) Hat , down below what is known as the ( Mendeiihall Mendenhall ) Trail . ( Men- Men ) ( denhall deuliall ) hired him at Bluff and he rode down on a , ( liorse horse ) . ( R . 4590 . ) Mendenhall went down ( with -with with ) the skiff , and was there when ( Ohristiansoii Christianson ) worked for him . ( Mendeiihall Mendenhall ) had the skiffs all the time that he worked for him , although ( he lie ) ( didn't didnt ) see the skiffs up at Bluff . ( Mendenhall 1endenhall ) told him that he went down the river by skiffs , and he saw him later at the ( camp canip ) , and worked for him . He believes ( he lie ) was there nineteen or ( twenty-one twentyone ) days . ( R . 4591 . ) During his residence in Bluff he clerked in Fred ( Adams's Adamss ) store for about two months . This was in about 1895 . While he was in the store he sold |
