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Show 424 miles below Curay, Utah, and boated down the Green River to the junction and up to Moab. The trip made in 1826 commenced at Curay, Utah, and ended at Lockhart. He was accompanied on the trip by a man named Dave Fraughten. All of these trips were made for the purpose of trapping beavers for the state of Utah. R. 1087- 1092. There was no bounty on beavers, but he would go to the Fish and Game Commissioner and get a permit to trap a portion of the river and while beavers are generally protected in the state of Utah it is necessary to get a special permit to trap them. These permits are issued when beavers are sufficiently numerous and there is no danger of extinguishing them and they divided half of the beaver skins with the state when the expedition was finished. R. 1092- 1094. The next trip that he referred to started at Curay, Utah, and ended at Lockhart. The next trip on the river was when his brother and himself were trapping for the State of Utah from the Utah line down to Moab and these trips were for personal profit under arrangement with the state. R. 1094- 1095. The trip he made when he hauled material from Greenriver, Utah, to the mouth of North Wash and built boats was made for the purpose of prospecting for placer ground. He was accompanied by his brother, and a man names Howland, . who wanted to look at the river for the purpose of putting sight- seeing boats from Lees Ferry up. This trip was made in 1927 and he is positive that both his brother and Mr. Howland |
