, 1869-06-04

Character q the stopendopx gurKe through which
The CotnRado nows va tEutn the explorations
made BY the Spanish pr'essS,<Nho, with seel Of
irIepksfJ worthy Of the hig1est .dnntr1uout pc1-
etrated 1t N eaziy day, into &IerJ portion u lhe
Widespread Spanish poaseax4das On tnia continent.
> One OF thesd p1tHlsa, fadru Escal1ut4 tn 171e,
went ffum Santa Fl, through the SR,sio country,
westerly. md reached the GIuGt Canon whe1a II
Is deepest {oF1 t,oco ~ fett,, crossed 1t. at
the " Tado del Padre," and passed through
much Of Etah, returning 10 the 1,ser
and crossing N point considerably below The
"P1iests Fotl"
Esca1anu gives graphic description Of The
Crrai Cxuon-ln which be says that, "As tns
Tado dA fatrs. sock lying IN the rver, when
seen hum TIE cii1, seemed no bigger thAn ones
head, bnt that when the descent tot more th4n =
uiae ve7tcan hAd been made 10 the Txter level, It
WIS found 10 Be a hsge ~ the CainedsA Of
SETTLE"
: Escslaatas narrative may be found IN the r.
RsJ Of tho War Department [Durean Of FnSt-
nee1s] at Warrington, and hts route Is plotted On
Colopel 4Alcomoh = mzp u the country ha1ue1tnx
On the Upper Colorado ssan1nao Exploring E1pe~
diston,, puhhsaed By the War Department
"The Colorado Expedition, n aent out In 1851 By
Tho goFtInrnent, spent = year In exploring the
river, mitigating II ooo niles to tho mouth o. The
Great Canon, kud exploring The course Of tnA canon
for more than 800 niles to the mouth Of tho Little
Colorado In this part OF cur route-foz / was
connected with the pa1ty-we descended Into the
eorgr at two different points, and, with the baro
meter, carefully measured Its depth where II II
respectively 4, ooo and $500 feet deep. The "Re-
port OF the Colorado Exploring Expedition vns
pnbnshed bJ the government, md may be found In
most public and private libraries Of sny consfders-
bit size.
Alter the rrsurn OF the Colorado Expedition In
1850. another expedition was lifted ont BY the War
Department for the exploration Of lhe country
bordering the Upper Colorado. THIS expedition
called tho san Juan EKpedition-w1a CON-
msnded BY Captain ]. y, Nacouh, Corps Of En-
eineefs, Cnlsed states Army, With whom was
associated II surgeon and geologst- Dur,nu 1850
We explored the country nbous ,he Junction 0,
Grahd and Green Rtye1s; nxed The important
geographical point OF the confidence OF three
streams, and t1aversed the valley Of the san Juan
the principal snlucnt Of The ColorAdo-a stream n
hr1e at the Connecttcnt-xhoseb banka. lined With
ruins, and once supporting huAdted thoussnd
peorle, are now entirely deserted
Tae map Of the countt. nadc known by the
San Juan Expedition has been published By me
2Oyerrmfnt, hut the printing Of the report. n.
rested By the WI, ha4 never been resumed. It n,
however. probable that It viii soon be published.
Moss Of your reade1B arc Also AWARE that some
three JeArs ago two n1ftaSa attempted TO noA9
through ne Great Canon CT the Colorado, and
know tast, While one 1as drowned, the othe4 came
ssfe1y out At Cotytuc, md that hsl asory VA pub
hshed In tho transactions Of the St Louis
Academy Of BeieneesL
With all tho facts before me, you WI pe1hap.
not wonder that should be = title surprised to
Rad, In Prof. Powells letter. thAt he tninks 1t
doubtful Y these eanons havc ever BY seen bJ man
Ious, veU respectfully.
J. g. SETz1KRr.
NEW IoRK, Nay 81. 1852,