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Show Butt- C 558 Q More than once? A Yes, more than once. Q More than one? A Seen it froze over many a time where the water is quiet; where there is a riffle it didn't freeze over. Q This occasion you described on your direct examination, when you saw it frozen over, it was a very cold winter, four degrees below zero for six weeks? A Yes sir. Q That was just one occasion, was it? A I was living where they had a thermometer that winter; I never had one in the house; I was working at the trading post at that time; they had a thermometer. Q You didn't need a thermometer to tell whether the river was frozen over, did you? A I say, four degrees below zero. It has been frozen over a thousand times. I guess. Q I just want to get the facts; I don't know,-- I never was there. A I don't want to be bulled any more than I have to be. Q What year do you fix as the year when this first flood came after you arrived in Bluff? A Well, I think it was 81 or 82; 1781 or 1782, I think. BY MR. BLACKMAR; Q You mean 1881? A Yes. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q What year did you arrive at Bluff? 2524 |