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Show 4433 Marrs- D 2453 A Just our camp supplies, the stuff we had along to eat. Q For that party? A Yes, for that party only. Q Tell me the progress of the boat up stream. A We didn't have very much progress, at first; the construction of the boat being a tunnel up in the sides, the propeller would kick all the water out, and it would settle on the sand and we would set there. We would get off, and drift back a ways. In less than a minute's time you would drift back as much as you would make in fifteen minutes going up. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What was the draft of the boat? A I imagine about twelve inches when loaded; that is the first boat we had. Then we had a capstan on the front of it, and five hundred feet of line; we would get to a sandbar we couldn't get across, we would put out the line and wind it off it, four or five men would drag us over that bar. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Was your capstan hooked up to the engine? A No, hand bar, a crank on either side. Q Did you run some lines ashore at times? A Yes, we did; every day we had u line ashore to get over some bar, sometimes four or five times a day. Q How far up the river did you get with it? |