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Show 4296 Loper- D 2317 BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q This is Indian Farm? A Yes. MR. BLACKMAR: It is described on the map as Piute Farms. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Piute Farms and Piute creek are not the same place? A No; Piute creek is twenty- one miles from the junction of the Colorado. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How did that place down there get its name, Piute Farms. A That is the Piute reservation down there; the Piutes used to be -- that is where old Posey and that bunch used to hold out; I used to know several of them, one they called Mike Indian, another Jim, and Old George; a bunch of them lived down there; they had little farms, raised a little corn along the bank of the river. Q Mr. Loper, when was the next time that you saw the San Juan river? A In July, 1923. Q By the way, before we pass to that, how did you go out? A That time? Q Yes. |
