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Show 588 Newkirk- D Q You were down on the section beginning at Chinle creek, from there on down, you were there also during August, weren't you? A Yes sir. Q Where did your expedition start from? A Shiprock, New Mexico. Q And as you say, your purpose was to survey sections on both sides of the river? A Yes sir. Q And in order to survey this ten- mile strip on both sides, of course you had to have horses? A Yes sir. Q All that country had been winter- ranged during the proceeding winter and spring before your advent there, hadn't it? A I didn't understand the question. Q I say, all that you went over in making this survey, on both sides of the San Juan, had been winter- ranged before your arrival? A I don't know Q You don't know the practice of the cattle men and the sheep men down in that section? A They run some cattle in there at times, I know. Q You don't know that that is a winter range? A No sir. Q And that until the new crop of feed came out later in the year, that it would be pretty well eaten off by the stock? A Don't begin to get green usually until late in the summer, July and August. MR. FARNSWORTH: THAT IS ALL 2556 |
