The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-30

"Itis impossible for me, in this brief
communication, to enter into subject
at length upon which you have express
sed 50 much interest, as | have done Ill ny
official reporr, which will be published
in few days,
My exploring party of eleven men,
with four boats constructed ON the Blue
river, left a point on that stream, eight
miles above the main divide or summit of
the Rocky Mountains, July 10, 1869, for
the purpose of descending that stream to
the Grand, (the main tributary of the
! Colorado to point on the Colorado rev
er, where had assembled from the Gulf
of California over three years since, the
facts Of which were given in my publish
ed report tC the Secretary of War, and
published in the New York Tribune, and
other papers east and west For the 100
miles, after starting,I found the descent
OF the river to be over 5000 feet The
Rocky and Cave Canons of the Blue, and
"Grand and Swift Canons of the Grand
river found to be much swifter and
more dangerous than the 'Moiava, Paint
led { Long, Black and Big Canons of
of the Colorado river, through all of
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several times within the last three years
A description of the current, depth and
length Of the canons, ETC., gave in my
published report. Where l left the river
last to the Gulf of California, distance
Of about eleven hundred miles, the de-
scent of water cannot be over five hund
red feet, or less than five feet to the mile,
thus substantiating the statement made in
my first report. In descending through
succession of rapid cannons | lost all
my boats, and intrumentst maps etc. The
instruments were replaced, when with my
companions 1.-TWO men, proceed on a
cedar raft, This was broken up, and all
our provisions lost, except four days "a
tions. For seventy-fve miles the fall of
water would average sevcpty-fve feet to
mile; IN some places, three hundred feet
to the mile, While this was source of
satisfaction to myself, and an assurance
that the fall of water must necessarily be
less below, it was a cause of alarm to the
balance of my party. who left me at the
Rocky Canon. In these the perpendicular
walls arose from 500 to 1900 feet.
Understanding the river upon our raft,
as we'll as for seventy-five miles above
where we constructed tive passed through
a succession ofvalleys from one mile to fifty
in length, where we Unexpectedly found
wild oats, wheat, barley, rye, tymothy and
clover growing spontaneously, while the
fine cedar and oak timber increased in
size. t....t.., ~ s.....,s-a..e.
| The mineral resources we found to be
of the most flattering character. Time
will not permit me to enter into a full
description of these or the superior facil-
ties for making them available Soon the
public will know and appreciate these
facts, and the press of the East will no
longer'be led astray by the descriptions
of the canons Of the Colorado, given by
a recent explorer in this, the ezeg0nth hour,
! whose vision was so remarkably acute
! that at the distance of three hundred
miles from Green river, he could see the
canons of the Colorado, in all their
! length and depth, and whose letters stated
| that he was the first to ascend the summit
of Longs Peak, when it. is matter of
public notoriety that women and men
have gone before him for the last ten
| years, the day and date of whose, ascent
/ was marked upon the place of his Triumph
/ | feel that am DEPRESSING from ysob
ject in writing. Had time I would en-
terupon it at length and speak of it as
| its Importance demands.
/ ~ Respectfully yours
/ @ SAMUEL ADAMS