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Show 4158 McDonald- D 2178 Q Now many times would you say, in the course of Cataract canyon, you skidded these boats? A About five; we would run some of them at the upper edge -- we would line them through, some of them, at the upper edge, where we lost the other boats. Q In which rapid did you lose the Black Betsy, do you remember? A Yes, lost the Black Betsy -- by gracious, in the same rapid I sunk No. 1 the last time. Q About how far through? A About five or six miles down, I should judge, from the junction of the river -- head of the river. Q Go right ahead and tell me the progress of your trip. A Then when we got out to North canyon -- Q Narrow canyon? A No, the wash, North wash,-- when we got out there, just below North wash, there is an old cabin where the boys was; we got a few supplies there, stayed there and went on down to Hite, and at Hite I ripped out lumber there and put in three new strips on the side of one of the boats; the ribs was crushed in; we couldn't get nothing for ribs. Q Just a minute. At what point had the ribs on this boat been caved in? A Amidships. |