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Show 219 the ferrys was freighted to the Hole- in- the- Rock from Escalante, Utah, where it was out and saved. The road was prepared and the ferrys built on the second trip to the settlers when they moved from Iron County into Bluff. R. 547- 548 " Q. How did you get across to the north side? " A. We were on the north side at that time; we hadn't crossed the river yet; come south and east; we hadn't yet crossed it. " Q. I am a little puzzled. Do I understand the witness to say he went from Bluff to rescue this band of emigrants? Now, to get on the Escalente side he had to cross the Colorado River. " A. That was our second trip. We went back to Iron County, left there on the 14th of November, 1879, to re- trace out steps to get back to the previous location, where we had located on the San Juan River, brought a big delegation to help settle on that rich soil we called it. " R. 548. During the first trip the emigrants came into the San Juan country at Bluff after crossing the Colorado River at Lees Ferry. The first trip was a kind of prospect party to see whether it was fit for colonization scheme. They then swung back across near Moab and crossed the Green at the town now called Green river back to his old home. The second trip consisted of the colonizers and went to the Hole- in- the- Rock crossed the Colorado River by ferry and went to Bluff overland by team and wagon. The rescue party left Bluff and travelled went- ward overland to the Colorado River opposite Hole- in- the- Rock. When the ferry was stolen at the Hole- in- the- Rock the emigrants forded the river. R. 548- 550. |
