No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426

Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1369

( river 'river river ) than the ones ( he lie ) 1369 used . In 1908 he saw the Galloway party going down the river . During each of the years testified to [ from 1896 to 19011 he saw other boats on the river going up and down each year carrying men and supplies . ( R . 5314 . ) In 1900 he believes ( he lie ) saw the Strauss party first going down the river past the Moquie Bar . There were three boats in the party and they contained some load . He later went down the river to where the Strauss party was located , about a mile below ( Hairs Hall's Halls ) Crossing . He did some rafting of lumber from Moquie Canyon to the Stanton dredge , and from the vicinity of Tickaboo Canyon to the Stanton dredge . He had no trouble with the rafts . ( R . 5315 . ) The rafting was done during the months of May and June in the ( high-water highwater ) period . He was not on the river all of the time during the years 1900 and 1901 , but left in 1900 some time in July and returned in December , when he made a trip with Mr . Bennett and a party from Denver ; he then came back again in 1901 , some time in April . In 1900 he helped construct a raft and boat for Mr . Bennett and took some machinery and supplies down to the Olympia Bar . He afterwards rafted some lumber from the Tickaboo down to Olympia . This rafting was done about May or in the springtime , during high water . He does not recall any other rafting during his experience on the river . ( R . 5315-5317 . )