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Show 3390 Nims- D 1415 if I was a few years younger I would join you, and go on with you." He said he was too old to attempt the trip. Q Did you see any other boats in the section of the river between Crescent creek and Lees Ferry? A Nothing but what would belong to the miners. Q What kind of boats did they have, do you remember? A We didn't inspect them, but they were just row boats; don't know how good they were, or how they were built, but they were just row boats, sharp bow and stern. Then we went down the next day, went down a little further, and we stopped on some bars down there, and there was some miners there. At Trachyte, on our second trip, we heard a man, a doctor,-- I have forgotten his name -- had been drowned that morning in the rapids above; he couldn't swim, and they couldn't get him out. At Hyte's there, we met some Omaha men, three railroad men from Omaha that were out there; they had heard about the placer mines on the river, and they came out to inspect them. And we stopped. And while we were stopped there, this Hyte introduced them to us, and they had quite a long talk with Mr. Stanton about the river below. Q Did you see any boats which these Omaha men had? A I don't know whether they had boats or not. |