They were. Where were you. I was there. Were all their backs towards you. No. You was behind some, and facing others. Yes. When you came up did they quit talking. No, Were you personally acquainted with any of them. I had seen them before. What time of the evening was it when you heard this. Before dark. They were standing out, on an open piece of ground, were they; Yes. There was no bushes about them, they made no secret of it. No. They did not care if every body should hear. They were by themselves. Out of what companies were the thirty <​Twenty​> men appointed. They appointed the, out of , and Grover’s companies. Was , and Grover, present. Yes. In what way, did they, appoint them. They called them out, some went, and some refused, to go. Was you called up. No, At the time you joined company did you do it it with A veiw to go and kill the Smiths, no, what did you do it for, That I might find out there purposes, and inform the .