, 1869-07-07
THE POWELL EXPEDITION,
Another and More Probable.
Story.


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John Sumner, the Snrvivnr.
| "AS s4'"1'
| vohna xyt,a
| SVnH as Akksdon LII AmpOSt0f.
| From sAs ou.aAa E<p.hliaau- .1.,ua
Nothing that can be written u 10 Interesting to
e., tneidenta, actuai Rallies md oecurTsnees Of
the nsw md onae,olopea country west oi u
In Il ses ss ana RIs SEN K
au@baidt, Frofaonto93, tlnts I hsssa W,un s1s Mge1
ranges, there a1e e!eay dsy experiences 80 ol % asp-
m1nrrn. which. Il written and punpsnea, wouId
AstonEsh the world. The nsH dIaeovesiesv hsir.
sa1s n often
beyond belief.
Heading tho nundreds Of accounts brought IN
wandcrer, We Ret but trfut et,nenpffan NJ ihe
grra. West We have a almplc idea Of it, won.
drour vesltb, ITS peculiar geological formatiou, ia
It2 ihaEaanA utdtfsnt savsse and ba1ba14c trfn~s
il wealth Of precious metals and perfaps fpFta
in order 10 Know II for certainfT. "'-A
| Parties are continually Organizing to op-o mn
the tIses e.s s!as; explore II unknown n!ers,
Wnr1d NAV be enijrnttned and tHemselves h.naS r.s
1tted. N'-A'S'
aa1 ,ea, far Al are now beynn,+ H. n1r.sn. ii
en ~ ,of xh,fs ~ ,n.t i,p tuS p,s'eat. ~.
nI G1sen RiyeT' Some NO seef. H., 'as ocsoI
! Wa s1a rnahfrd n fnv the narSc1i.- ~ ...w
san fate be1orr our resders nj ,nnr1ar5 VI sHso
mn nersonsl knowjcivs n ~ the ~ ranutrv x,.,.
ui1es tranner and ,od,ao dsh,a. u a; ~ s.es1ai ~
1cals eyperttrce, whom We met Ixat f.1i wh,is
nuaH ~ ~ an,orn.!c saun euaoes @ q y 20 gre
snn ~ r,1tr tnScn iY she rrn3oras, ~. ~ Rey
nss heen ever thc Trnunh saxsrl t,msa sna y
n~Ths - fnrntti,r T,th eee1T rnc, 81 :, N'eA' aao
nst ~ t.atn ~ inot " II,
~ ~ Tohn unna eso1t ~ s1ie noaa alsas. MHsse
ne et ~ r. yu ni,,, a sae on!y saInr q lns
~ as1 4tsi. ' ~, SI"tsu 81 III ~ HstLSu
rapida ~. Sumner "as n,st net y Rl1ey y Fort
H!oSefi put u usuet ~ k!fe LAe Ftaac1 colpre'
nensse oescssptlon 81 II IL WILL oe necessary 10 90
aHn.e Ma iHI.nel rIlsa "esL A.. ,,,..
Fo1 Hnu3e! ~ zen muea tFou H5efs hauch auQ
about Unity I'VE from Gfan9ef4 QaA!ug Asp
thnty.nse miles nearly due west, whllo tho Bear
NseT Ao1ntAaa LIMA ano Ma1*tch Fanse lay
| more 70 INC ooFl A1a ELL Iuftnef rcSt
Just below lra1gef sEftftl ANAL streams ceu-
TT ena losEa stspectaN!J elzed crock kn0wE 1s
nthck FofN Ing aiH Auo1ys !laW FoFE. L1Stle
Tear or La8o CIcek. ~ rmps{ INTO Nlsck near
h;aa: f[g@ ,e Bt3 a. @ aae aath 70 & sohls9nI @ @fesu
~ a;,ar ~ 1ses ~ ega Ell ~, nuh 1ae
,oatheaste1y direction for ninety n!les BY river
1Ed iotJ BY land frou BtJan7 nnd tncTr jain
8oTcfa
LeA1loR Hleeh tnFef Glys We efoas a. Akaine
HAtSAa ~ ens tuf n acnStn ~ - tuc polnt Waete
LEE, sns ,s. ELY s Ta.e!s =! n!eI ~ aIesn s ~
tAnce os u!ae i mues, tne rtysr forms orc q tho
"HsI s seSnes M nos1a
pass whesc the socfs Ut thelr sonorc heads hun:
9teds 9f FL seet - the all few mlles further and
Dig Cedar Canon ana }oins wascsa WITH the Gfren:
~, re 6alle1 o. beaus'1aI Wiley anG then mpse o.
tc Tue nature OF the country until We reich tho
mouth OF Elaef foEk, Just seventy miles pg water
below our staIt4ng point but oniy tren,y-nse by
on. the scenesJ !. taote ruRgtd. Smiths Forkand
several ether sma'. i1'tuIaIeS empty =, thls point
n' 30 Fort axr ~ Tneu,y ,ss sse iGaa15 iu2atf
and we enter Browns Hole, deep
ten mile valley OF tho Green Rlrer
sided wa]lA their height often reaching nu altitude
Of TOO feel, white The stream narrowa down to 4
hundred feet Ia Eldth and sunhes through the
gap with lerT1tAe rapidi1y. The bed Is nlied with
huge bou'teIa, fallen from the tops which alaost
meet at cet1afn ponts, formed Of o KIND Of sand
drops into ,he water below. Al IT. mouth t!e Hyer
enterf Helfx Gate "pcatnA Door would be
equally Az appropriate for this MACE. and on tue
walls at the entrance should b. cot III deep letters
ii lie VINO enters here ieares hope behind.
va,rfs % IL sI,nnst dtai,nlns. and ' lha yerv .sshs
alone enough TO SHAKE ihe stoa,eat heart as it
falls ,TtfSs fent IN ncynt 1Tst netts ths en- snd
SENDS an inyolnniary ahudder throngh the frame.
ills without Being Shattered 10 ATOMS. Win he
hare nn.sii,jitt that m nIfetnnr wnrIa tse snc
rrEs1tj touf or i've more falls would ar3o have IN
h. nassed white The channr let Tcen them ia y
rUar1nr rocE. AIded ca, ld,ota OF ynIr,,oois anu
ranlnsI xith tmmense stonrs. rraYinv 1rrrt.1onr.
irv Nhar1,-noEIted heads threnttntnr]y nhore the
foam ot ever lew feet The water i prrcjptstei
dpHp this gorge ut 4 velocity Of forty niles uer
hOnr hence NOT tue shadow OF cbance Tor escape
presents seii.
This Ii the Hc+t,e which one encnnnters fnr ten
r)es t1niY hrre nnfi ;ntrr tiarr. rncrv cannna
are abruptly broken ia tWo bY the stream
Below HSl1r (iate tne riFef Wtdens hnf Ia s,,u |
yert -aptd With ope two three aud four feet faIs
eytry few Eut1eB until we reach the mouth Of Roar
Iircf twenty miles below For the twenty miIes
following the rapids arr not 80 bud, yet dangerous
TIE Dext tlye miles, howerer Is quite a. bad. !
aud In eorpe places worse thalo HrDwp'a Hole |
Here We enrourter t1tfeen njles nj t}e towerInr
rDck1 EtIfer arnin These nrn rnown ns H1"hn nj
vr5es "and : ~ covered sT;h snnw' .,r4no ne.rIv
fhr u;hoYe tenr Thrg arr n.seahla rniV ~ I1ty |
ar August 49,
From thls point Ii Ia a9out seycuty.1e n,tres m
For1 Dr1drrrs IN a norlhwesterI1 u,teel,ou. and
nne bn,sfsd and fty 1nii.s tn tir nnn1h r. G 1he
Isrsrn Tir.r an1 han of The cofors.Ins-nre bnn.
drtd nlea n,uihwesl ol Denver colorado.
Th,sa r,nt,,s arr ext"nsivniv Enn ~ Thrnnuhont
the = esttrn ennntrY a. tie spot whese sr,sra5
tiIn.rerf narfrs vim have affemnfe,l a ,iaarnnf
flrorrh the uesfructIye chasruh hayr osrisne1 In
he rpoInar,JT Undertaking.
Owing to the crowded state OF oar columns we |
are cqtpptIIed TO omit the copclusto Of this inter
estlnc ai1uput untII to-tuoIrpE X murt,.np
P,,r, ,a- f,n,b1 2-to,Lh~,, ,.,i,s
,oss oe III r14x r1 1n~tr,1 .H+y ~
x1sE WV nutsxsrr@7nss T ~ nTrra ~ rynf nvie1
s1nr1Ez. " "' DA'" '@N ''o'''''
t1,nc nnr5v wsz or.nn,1ea In Inns 1895 -ndsr
tho uIrtsSfion ~ NAM u pa.em' nf tSc EmE
ms, iTnyersit, n Enrmai ri I. Wa drs,cu.,1
5or sc,entjnc fnr1,oscs and ronsIsteI nf fTsntr.
17e persons The exploration vas conducted un-
r.,ti-s ~ itt10n'tnusnn III I'm TiIinniy i,ana
tr1al Coilene Al fhamnatrn IN and fhe f-hicau,,