, 1869-05-21

left this city At the head Of a wellappointed
expedition, organized Tor tbs scientiAa Aae1s E
plofsttoa q Tie resifnd dsainsd by I'd. Rtp
Colmsdo a. tie West md it, atfaueat.. Ind
mora especially Of the Grnnd Canon >of The
Colorado~s Sublime md myste1iooarz chAsu
Of 1a4 extend, through which the river
pursues its solitary way, and through which
but one human being has ever been known
10 pas
After year spent in interesting re-
sea1cbcs in Western Colombo and Eastern
Utah, with naneh benefit to HE various de-
pa1tmeuts Of natural science, Professor
Powell returned recently to Chicago for the
puspose Of procuring boats and other
requisites to the crowning purpose Of the
expedition. Should he be successful, the
/ Professor viii accomplish-a work of the
greatest magnitude though not, perhaps,
of corresponding Importance will be
entitled to distinction as one of tho hardest
and most indomitable Of explorers; and, on
tho other hand, no discredit can at
tach to: want Of SUCCESS in an undertaking
IN which 30 many others have failed. The
Grand Canon has for many yea1s excited
sAuu Dolneu tue e"i'osl'y " Tue aovent"1ous
pioneers m Arizona, and an expedition sent
out soma twenty ysazs ago, by the United
States Government, to explore it, Was forced,
after series d. failures, to give up The al
tempt as utterly hopeless. At different
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a11o"s' ~hlen k1Aea tne lender Q. the party,
captain 'Chas1es BAKER, i1nmedia&ely. The
suiF1sofs' James Mni1e and 1eoFga strobe,
Seizea .oe ropes "n'cn naa oeen eonecsea
ino neo 10 'o' 1l'es' "ne'e lucy LASTLY
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encountered Eap'os' IN running "nen
tney LOST the1s >scanty store or pro
v1saons' on me .h1fu day tney went over
1a4 Aboot Twelve ieet In neagnt, ~hese
o1ooe WAS ole"aoo' naFing refused 70 taSe
the precaut1m which ms comrad9 md
adopted, Of laah'ng himself fast to the 5ait*
White finished the peThoos voyage alone
and on the 7th OF September emerged more
dead than alive, fron the mouth of the
canon 1t Is not our purpose to rehearse
his story, which hhs already been given
to the pubhc IN A'ep'heoHs Aaaos."e )
but as the minority Of our readers have
probably not seen that publication, 10"
facts IN relation TO the canon aud th'
difficulties in the way OF its exploration
derived from Whites experience, may no
he uninterestlng.
When he hna descended the first fall
White found himself enclosed on eithe
hand By -perpsndicalar wall; which. Will
The cataract behind him, cut of all egres
from the gloomy chaam into which he ha'
unwittingt plunged. The walls rose al
most vertical, and unbroken by any acces
sible dsaure throughout the length Of th
canon-a distance Of about five hundre,
: miles, accorling to moderate computatio.
] and rnnge IN height from one tholsan
, feet to 1aile and half. No shore inte1
l venca bet,7ean tho riyeraad the walls. Tn
! river is broteu a4, short intervals init
4 cou1se through the canon By rapids an
+ falls, varying in height from -four to twent
: feet. In goinsov these Whites fral "a
+ WIS frequently knocked TO piece
c but, fortunately, below each fall a1
i rnpid there was y small sand
: island, thrown up by Il
eddy formed by the perturbation Of II
$ waters, upon which the weary voydg'
i could hanl up for repairs and repose. II
It deep abrnaions upon the logs comprising b
>, raft, and tho knotted and; frayed conditae
) Of the ropes with which they xere aenurt
g. together, when hc arrived at Callvilla-tl
d head Of navigation on the Co!orsdo-tes
Z. fed to the 7oughness' Of the route ov
70 which he had come. General W. J. PAimt
d in charge of tha surveying e1pedidon .
r tho Kanxas Pacific Railway, met White
10 Fart AIo;ara in the winter OF 1867, and 8.
Z. isded himself, by close interrogation, tha'
would be impossible for boat construct
Of any known mate1inl+ npon any ooneei'
BILE plhn, to live through the cnnon; and
On further formed the theory that the falls a
he r*nids III The river vere caused BY the 1,