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Show 829 the balance back to camp, and found it a welcome addition to our fare. " We also found the remains of a wagon box, and the bone of a human leg. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. Where? " A. At this same point. " Q. You named that Cranberry Point? " A. Where did you say you found this box with the jars of cranberry jam? " A. In the sand; dug it out of the sand in the low water; evidently had come from us the river somewhere, and been lost from a lot of supplies and floated down there and lodged in the driftwood. " Q. Was it visible, or how did you happen to dig? " A. Say the corner of the box sticking up through the sand. " Q. You said something about the first Stanton expedition? " A. The first Stanton expedition found the sugar; we went over to see if there was any sugar, and found the jam. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: They were mining for sugar and found jam. " BY MR. FARNSWORTH: " Q. In the foreground,-- practically all of the foreground is the flat plain of the river, is it not? " A. Yes. |
