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Show 4303 Loper- D 2324 farm, cultivated land? A It wasn't cultivated land -- it was cultivated this way, they would put in a little patch of corn here about the side of a white man's garden; they didn't farm. Q They were living on that flat? A Yes, they lived there. That was all gone. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q This three thousand foot spread Mr. Trimble found there, was that entirely covered with water? A No sir; there was a tire we was there that Mr. Trimble estimated the water was six feet deep over that thirty- three hundred feet wide; that is one of the times I told you I wouldn't cross. Q Were you present at the time Mr. Trimble made this estimate? A Yes sir. Q And observed the water? A Yes sir. Q Did you take any measurement yourself? A No sir. Q Have you any way that you could fix the depth of that water from that you saw there at that time? A About the only way I could form an estimate was the banks along each side, and the water marks. Q What is your judgment about the depth of that water? A I coincide with Mr. Trimble, because after the water |