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Show 5466 Mendenhall- D 3476 them across the river at the Hole- in- the Rock crossing, we left our animals on the west side of the river there, carried them across with the boat, -- that is, we swam them and held their heads with the boat and got them across. Then we started up the river. In the meantime-- Q Just a minute, before you get on that. Where had this pack train been while you were coming down the river? A They had been coming across the country with supplies from Bluff. Q In charge of some other men? A In charge of two of the men. Q And you found your pack train on the Colorado at a point about the Hole- in- the- Rock? A No; we met them at what was known as Hermit lake, a little lake between the two rivers. Q At what point on the Colorado did you cross them? A At the hole- in- the- Rock crossing. Q After you got your pack train across, what did you do with it? A We went on up the river -- perhaps I should state, though, we had gone up with our empty boats before, to meet |