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Show 5572 Hite - X 22 3530 assume? A Yes. Q When they would come up the river to get their mail, would they sand skins out from Hite? A They usually came up in the spring of the year, after the trapping season was over, and prepared their hides and back them out to Greenriver. Q I see. Then the trappers would bring their hides up in their boats, there to Hite, and then you say they would prepare their skins there, dry them out there? A Yes, sir. Q And then take them overland from Hite to Greenriver? A Yes, sir. Q And that continued during the eight years that you were down there? A Yes, sir. Q I think you were speaking of one of your trips -- trips that you made down the river, when, in answer to a quotation by counsel, you stated that you towed your boat up most of the way. A portion of the way, I take it, you rowed, when the water was high? |