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Show Hyde- D 616 Tiewatie (?); I let him take my horse up to the bridge, and I went up the river canyon from the mouth of John's canyon. up to the bridge, thought I would find some pockets there that had gold in; that was by object. Q Did you? A I did not; I might have found some, but I didn't get anything out of them. Another time we went to work road up above Bluff, to the Ed Nolan store at the state line, Colorado state line; he had been taxed in two states; when Utah got after him, he asked the commissioners to appropriate something on the road there. We went to make him a road from Bluff up. We camped the first night seven miles above Bluff; had to dig for water for our horses. Q In the bed of the San Juan river? A In the bed of the San Juan river; and all the Navajos were digging for water for their livestock. There was water in pools around rocks and the stamps of cottonwoods where it had washed; they were full of fish, and the fish had died, and our stock wouldn't drink the water. But nothing running. That entire trip, we were gone a week, maybe ten days, I don't know, we had to dig for water that trip. When we got back home, then the water come down. Q During nearly every year do you have some days when the river is practically dry? A No, you don't. 2584 |
