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Show 7221 Shafer- C 5201 A We always figured on a full day in making this trip. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Is that on a passenger vehicle? A Yes. Q How much on a freight vehicle? A Freight outfit, figured on the better part of two days to make that trip. Q How much to Greenriver? A I really couldn't say; I don't know. Q You never made that trip? A No sir. Q Why didn't you take that raft on into Moab the first night when you came down? A We discovered we surely had made a mistake in landing at the mouth of Castle creek, so we run ashore, and from the description that had been given us by parties we came into the country with, we felt sure we had made a mistake and passed by the creek, so we ran in at this place called Nigger Bill. Q What I was referring to, why did you walk in preference to going down in the raft? You had your raft on the water. A We didn't want to go any further with the raft. Q Why? A Because of the load; our destination was the mouth of Castle creek. |