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Show 598 Hyde- D BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q You mean the river bottom, you don't mean the channel? A I mean the channel has a tendency to fill with this sand; it fills the channel of the river bed a foot or two with this loose, soft sand. It has a tendency to throw the heavy body of the current of water against the banks at the sides; it undermines them and caves them in, outs in a hall- circle, moon- shape, until it will cut the bottom entirely in two, and probably the next day will go back in its old channel again; and after the waves worked on our south bank, it tipped our cribbing in that our ferry was anchored to, and we had no more ferry boat; all went into the river. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q At what points on the river did you observe the conditions that you have just related? A Well, I have been on the river from the state line through to the mouth of it pretty well, formations and conditions. Q i am referring now to the cuttings of the bottom land. A What was your question? Q At what point a on the river have you seen that where the bottom lands have been out up? A I see it all the way from the Colorado state line to where it enters the canyon at the mouth of Chinle wash, all the way. Q Are you familiar with the various branches and creeks which run into the San Juan river? A Yes, I am. 2566 |
