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Show 3228 Dent- D 1253 the desert. Sometimes no track; we actually had to break substantially a fresh tracks through among ourselves, where the sand had drifted in and obliterated all previous marks. Q No sign of a much- traveled road? A As a matter of fact, your Honor, we missed the road that was being traveled at that particular time, or the track that was being followed, I should say, and the chauffeur on his return trip probably took a different route. Q The road from Hanksville to North wash, is that a traveled road, or a trail, or what is it? A For about eighteen miles the road from Hanksville towards North Wash is used considerably, and is something like a well- traveled desert track. Q Does it follow the line of the river? A No, sir. Q Does away from the river? A Leaves the river immediately. There is a road -- a track or desert road from Henksville to some mining communities in the Henry mountains. Q That is further west? A South of Hanksville, and the road follows that road for a bout eighteen miles. The reafter it resumed the nature of a desert track, leading, as I understood, to certain ranches down in there, for a further distance of about eleven miles, -- we made that |
