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Show 3346 Aurand- C 1371 would be able to make it there, wasn't it? A True, yes sir. Q You were on dry land when you got on the boat -- before you got on the boat to come up the river, weren't you? A State that again, please. Q You were on the shore, on solid ground there in Indian creek wash, before you got on this boat to go up the river. that true? A Yes sir. Q Why did you go to all the trouble of having the boat make this trip down there with all the uncertainty about its meeting you, and so forth, so as to make this water trip by the river, when you could have gone right back up to the wells on dry land and back in the way you came? Why did you select the water route? A Neither Mr. Coffin or I had ever been between this location of Indian creek and the Colorado river, in the first place. In the second place, it meant practically a day's ride from Indian creek to the closest place we could have our car. And third, we went from Indian creek down to this structure I told you about, where I put up the sign, the stake, we went from there before returning or attempting to return by the river. Q You went down the river, then? |