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Show 667 Lumsden- D empties into the Green, and we ran on to a sandbar there that gave us a good deal of trouble, that is, we ran into it pretty hard; it was a hard job to get back up again so we could get off the bar. However, we worked a good while, possibly seven or eight hours, and got afloat again and got down a few miles further and the day was gone, and we tied up, rounded in to the shore, and tied up. Q Where was that with reference to the mouth of the San Rafael? A Where we tied up? Q Yes. A It was below, possibly four or five miles. Then, the next day -- Q Just before you go to that, what method did you use to get off of this sandbar? A We had a good many bars with us, we had long poles with us that we could handle very readily, and we had a row boat, and some ropes and pulleys; wherever we could make fast with this rope and snub it to the boat we would have a good deal of purchase, by pulling it through these pulleys, and by these pries, and everybody doing their best, we would get off the bar. sometimes shovel out. Q These ropes, where did you run them? A Sometimes we would snub them to the bank Q To a tree, or something of that kind? A Yes, sir. |
