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Show 5265 Chaffin- D 3277 Q How far below Hite was this bar which you were working, how many miles? A In 1895. Q Yes. A Oh, I think it is about thirty- five or forty miles, we used to call it, something like that. I can't give you those miles. It has been a long time. Hard to try to get refreshed on this stuff. Q I assume your trip up stream taking your boat to Hite was accompanied by rowing and towing and poling? A Yes, and wind and laying off and one thing and another. The time we brought the supplies down was along in May, the first part of May, I think right about that time, and the river was coming up, and she was pretty hard rowing for a boat. We had a larger boat than we did before. Q Did you experience any difficulty in coming down stream? A No, not that trip. Q Did you make other trips to Hite when you did have some trouble getting down? A Oh, yes. Q What trouble? A Had trouble according to the time of year; I have made trips in the fall of the year, take when the floods have |
