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Show 4152 McDonald- D 2172 they were fourteen or fifteen feet long -- I thing they were fourteen; they had air- tight compartments stem and stern; they were light cedar boats, sharp at both ends, and one boat bound some with iron, wagon tire iron from the blacksmith shop. These people came there and looked at it when they were putting the boats in the river getting ready to start. They kept saying, " That is the boat"-- Q Never mind what they said. MR. FARSWORTH: Let me ask you if you expect to cover any different ground with this witness on this trip than you covered with Mr. Nims? MR. BLACKMAR: I expect to take from him his recollection on of the trip, yes. Q How much of a draft did these boats have when they were loaded? A About possibly seven or eight inches. Q How many did you have in this Stanton party? A Sixteen men. Q And what was the capacity of your employment? A I had charge of the running of the boats. They got me in there to get them out of trouble if they got in trouble down the lower river, because Jess and I bad been down there. |
