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Show Bowen- C 509 Q At least twenty times? A Yes sir. Q It was clearly discernible, was it? A Sir? Q It was clearly discernible, the road, had no trouble following along the ruts made by the wagon tracks? A No sir. Q Didn't see any place along it during those twenty times where you had any difficulty about keeping along the road? A Places where it crossed low lands where the water would overflow, get soft occasionally, quicksand. Q You could see the road along there all right? A You could see where it went in and where it came out. Q I see. A Go over a high place, then cross a sand bar and come out on the other side, the tracks would the obliterated. Q What were you doing, freighting when you did that? A Yes sir. Q Didn't get out in the river at all on those occasions? A No sir. Q Didn't cross the river at all? A No sir. Q Aside from those occasions, the three times you went over it to the Navajo reservation, then these trip a freighting twenty times, you say, along that road, that was sometimes close to the river-- at some places it was closed to the river,-- did you have any other experience with the river until two and a half yeas ago? A No, I guess not. 2475 |