Arizona weekly miner., 1877-05-04

the Colorado. Here we found an Orab
 Indian, named Tobee, and his squaw, set
 tied on a rsnch on the banks of a Creek
 three miles north from the Little Colorado
 Tobee sold us onions, potatoes and cabba.
 gcs, but would not accept greenbacks or
 silver half-dollar pieces in payment. The
 Orahi and Cohineenee Indians do not un-
 derstand the use ot money; but anything
 they possess, may be purchased with d little
 indigo, or small looking-glasses. Those
 were the articles which We traded with Tnbee,
 and which we found afterwards 50 effica-
 oious among the Cohincenees
 For distance of six or seven miles west
 of this point, there is succession of small
 streams south, from as many springs. After passing this point, no more water is encoun-
 tered tn the junction of the two ColnradoS.
 which is a distance of 40 miles. On ap- l preaching the confluence of the Little Colo
 rado, on i.S northern banks, the country for
 nation is lime, and very rough. Immense ] side canyons put into the river, which are ] from thousand to twenty five e-huudred feet deep. These canyons can, however, all be ! headed otf, as their length does not exceed ] four miles. On arriving within distance of six miles, To the point where the two rivers meet. the land is perfectly level, GOV cred with fine growth of grass, and full of game.
 On the 18th day of February. 1873, at o'clock in the afternoon, We arrived st the point where both rivers unitc. and stood far sometime looking down at the commingiing ! of the waters before uS. The distance down
 to the rivers appeared to be from $500 ;o 5000 feet T do not think that by any pos sibllity IL would exceed 3.Oe0 feet in d per pcndicular line
 The waters ot the Little Colorado are much clearer tlan the waters of the Colorado, and not half mud. as stated by Moss. The Colorado is about 140 feet wide, not zoo yards" as stated by Moss. The river does not "fiow in a sullen roar. but glides silent ly and smoothly down its channel. The western bank of the Colorado at this place is much higher than that on the east with trees growing on the edge, which we thought were scrub pine. There is also a projection of land into the Colorado from the west side, opposite the mouth of the Little Colorado. This land is lower than the main land, aul inclines with a gradual slope towards the Little Colorado, its surface being smooth and covered with grass. After satisfying our selves with looking at the water and grand caAons We campcd. and afterwards com menced searching for some accessible nook or crevice where we could get down to the water, but in vain, and had to do without any that night.
 The next day one of Us went up the Colo rado banks and another up the Little Colo rado, a distance of five or six miles, search ing for some accessible way to the water. out in vain-none could be found, and yet if We had few kegs of powder we could soon make trail down to water. We camped on the same spot the next night with out any water. do not know whether ever before in the history of the world any three men were as peculiarly situated as we were on the morning of the third day. as VIC stood on the precipice of that fearful looking chasm, gazing down on the union of two 1 mighty rivers, and famishing for want of a little of that which WAS so abundant before | our eyes.
 All our veneration and admiration for the l grand eanons of the Colorados turned into ! contempt. and we left them in disgust. But | lest us examine the discrepancy and circum- locution of Cap John Moss," He says: | My object was to locate the mouth of the | Little Colorado which has its rise in Ari- zona," and then he goes on to describe how he done it.
 Pauline Weaver was not trspper on the river for 30 years, IS stated by Moss, but was at the time mining in Weaver District Central Arizona.
 What in the world did he want to go to- wards the San Francisco Mountains for, when his road should be ninety miles west of that mountaini and how did he cross the Little Colorado, the very river he was look ing for, on his way 10 Lees Ferryi ferry which did not exist in 1861. IL is all non- .ense about twilight gloom" enveloping the waters of the Colorado, as it is ss clear and irhf dnMn there as on fhr snrfncc of the