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Show 3427 Nims- C 1450 through Cataract canyon, the perils of that trip, and speak of reaching the mouth of the Dirty Devil creek, where you obtained supplies of some miners who were washing the sandbars for gold, you then say: ( Reads:) " From this point to Lees Ferry, Arizona, one hundred and fifty miles, the trip was uneventful". was that true? A It was, so far as -- BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q So far as what, Mr. witness? A So far as particular trouble was concerned. I couldn't write these articles and have them a repetition -- each one a repetition of the other. I had to make changes, and I think that is proper with any one who is writing an article for publication. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q I understand, Mr. Nims; I am not criticizing you, at all. These questions are not being asked with any such thought. But the fact is, is it not, that in writing all of these articles, the general substance of your statement was that the trip from Greenriver down to the head of Cataract canyon, was a pleasant, smooth- sailing trip, then that you had this terrible time in Cataract canyon, and after you got to the foot of Cataract canyon you again encountered |