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Show 6977 Chaffin- RC 4965 points. Q I am talking about fording on foot. A No sir. Q You never have, all the time you have been in there? A No sir. Q Have you ever crossed on horseback when you didn't swim your horses? A No sir. Q If so, at what point? A I never rode a horse across the Colorado river. Q Did your party have any horses down there at any time, any of these bars you were operating? A Yes sir. Q Which you used in connection with your placer opera-tions? A Yes sir. Q At what point did you have those horses? A We had horses on the Moquie bar, had horses on the Olympia bar, had horses on the California bar, had horses at Red canyon. Q How did you get your horses over to Red canyon? A Took a boat and put a rope on the horse's neck, put a loop on the horse's nose, led it into the deep water, and |