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Show 5487 Mendenhall- D 3497 And it was a very severe winter, and Green river was frozen over very heavily, so after staying there and waiting for the ice to leave, for a while, we decided to go overland by Hanks-ville and to the river at Hite and go in there, take our material down and build it and go down from there. Q You finally arrived at Hite, did you? A Yes. Q And built a boat there? A And built a boat there. Q Then where did you go? A We went down the river to what is known as the Narrows. Q When you got to the Narrow, how long did you stay there? A Nearly two months, somewhere between six weeks and two months we stayed there. Q Did you go up the San Juan river? A No; this was quite a ways above the San Juan; we were by. So we made our camp there and endeavored to reach the San Juan overland by or using on foot, which we did. But the San |