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Show 5239 Newby- D 3251 twenty pounds, some of them, and there was no change for us to get the boat off by hand, so Tom and I got in a skiff and started to take a line ashore, and the water was quite swift over this riffle, and we didn't have depth enough to manipulate the oars on the skiff, and we kept getting down stream further, so finally I just hit overboard and grabbed the line and waded ashore. Tom, he stayed with the boat, and kept getting him down stream further; he seen he couldn't make it, so he got out, and led the boat back up to the Cliff Dweller and made fast. I finally got the rope around a post or an old stump that grew on the river bank there, and we got the line made fast, then started the capstan on the boat. We finally wound ourselves over, and then we started the boat on her own power, and finally made Greenriver. Q Do you recall a boat in and about Greenriver known as the Black Eagle? A Yes sir. Q What size boat was the Black Eagle? A The Black Eagle was about -- I don't think it was half as big as the Cliff Dweller. Q What kind of power did it have? A It had steam power. Q Do you recall where that boat was launched? |