Arizona miner., 1867-09-14
NAVIGATION OF THE RIG c..
 A TERRIBLE VOYAcpS SAAOs

lLRR'BLE VOYAGE "'OS.
 Wm. J. Beggs, who arrived
 from liardy'ille, brings us the foll,. ~'s count of tHe first passage, so far s. oi any haiHan being though the p,.~'l "'9'l of the Colorado. lie denyed ,b, ,ss' ,s ''as from Captain WilLurn of the lar,, rl''''e C''' who arrived at ilardyyiile On M..5f't and Jm-cs Ferry of sllullc, Who .~' 4uesuay.
 ln Ap". 'a,. a i'as,y, consisting Of
 Da"''' "n "id O".orado prospector and rs erly a resident of St. Louis, Geor'a 'I S. hl also ilom ot. Lo1is, and James WE,.' ''f'' oriy ui Pcn"sna, Iowa, and late oG S ln II, FHth California Cavalry, kft Col,s.1 ilas | to prospect on ran Juan river. wList into the Colorado between inc al's ! Green and Grand rivers and tbo bs;"',N ! They prospectcd until the middle ', .asS with satisfactory success, and ,bo, . nuss to return to Colorado City for , ,''o u'''as provisions and a larger cornpanv rPY out to go by the mouth 0f the San Ia.11 the double purpose of finding mors ". cable route to Green river than ,bs o,'' rs' 2. had traverscd, and of visiting soDs i1lr yn. t'' which Captain Baker had pro.re,,.S ,,i w ' years previously. On the rporrir. s'a 24th of August, while encamped al1s,
 from the Colorado, they were a,t,el.1 I
 band of about fifty Utes. Cau,ain p.t V killed. Eut Strobe and White se.n,@SI,S T carbincs anu reyolyers, some rfr.s. ..s 's containing ten pounds of flour. and "a, Colorado. where they found a few sm'p logs. which they hastily lashed togs,S..
 embarking on the frail raft. started d-.t. river in the hope of reaching Calltgs X the second cay they came to the fin, s.l in passing over which they lost tbe;, On the third day they went over ,ts.
 feet high. and Strobe was washed fr-
 raft and drowned White had lasLsd I., to the raft. which. although shattered !, \. shock, sustained bim, and he hauled fl , an island below the fall, repaired il. .,5 2,
 cceded alone. He had not much hois 4 .-
 ting through alive but he thought h, sS
 might go through, and, being found fp-s
 a clue by which his friends would la.
 fate. He describes the course Of the nrr, very tortuous. with constant succ,,ss, i
 rapids and falls, the latter varying in k,. . from four to ten or twelve feet. S.,sr.S. . when he plunged over fall the ah vr, ? turn over upon him. and he would ba,, - 1 difficulty in cXtricating himself from As s
 ilous position. For few days he kssss.4; 1.
 bars and islands in the river sufficient n,t,s
 t0 allay the bangs Of hunger, but fr "a. days he had nothing to eat but leaibgsrs { scabbard. He saw few lizards but ru |, E able to catch them: and he looked frcr t3 to side in vain for any mode of egTe~ nj the Canon, the perpendicular walls q rs: were in many places mile and a-kahpvs - as be could estimate, in height.
 - He iloatcd on an average, about tea as
 day. hauling up at night on the ban sls
 were formed by the eddics below ;hs ki :. For about ten days he was without hai, yss U or boots, having lost them while S-!p: d Q T fall. On the afternoon of the Ctb ias
 passed the mouth of the Virgin river al IF party of Pah ttes swan of and pEhsi
 raft ashore They stole one of two ye| which he had managed to preserve, ;B' '' bartCred the other to them for the hind q. d ters of dog, one of which be ate iorsz q and the other for breakfast. On the "a .c reached ailville. and was taken oErr < T Captain Wiibun and Mir Ferry. ik T " much en2ciatcd. his legs and fai T l hli-tcrc9 and blackened by the sun Es s lt and beard which had been dark, WsH isss white. and he walked with diifeufy Ia z. unable to stand erect He remains nli
 vile, and although iu rfecsFiots sas==ss==
 aiil probahly recover
 From hi- actual travelipg timf, iai rIpitity Of abe current, ii is c,tiE-iA a
 I-tanse through the oaron, lrs 2
 t 10. 'hr san Ju.n 70 Calialk. sa
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