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Show Lumnsden- C 679 Q You were intending to operate the boat yourself, were you? A Not from the very start. We has a man who conceived the idea, who let us the contract to build this boat, in the first place, and after a while we found out this gentleman, or this man, didn't have any money. Q I see. A So we had already gone so far with the proposition at that time that we carried it out. Q And you took the boat over to Green river and started on this maiden journey that you have described? A Yes sir. Q Five of your friends went from Grand Junction on with you? A Five or six, yes sir. Q Had you ever been on the Green river before? A I had crossed the Green river, yes. Q By boat? A By ferry boat, and by horse. Q Had you been familiar with this stretch between Greenriver and the confluence? A No sir. Q Had you ever seen it before you made this maiden journey? A No. Q Who were the other three or four parties, whatever it was, of your crew, besides those five or six and yourself? A There was Mr. Yokey, Mr. Anderson, and I think a man named Perry. 2647 |