Arizona weekly miner., 1877-05-04

-"eHu' ioWeil, Nlth Ssi thc years hc spCnt l
 exploring, could locate itwithin thirty mile
 of the real point of confluence. But 500
 knew that had passed the Little Colorad
 by the muddy condition of the water"
 Major Powell or any other man could nu
 locate the Little Colorado in a week, he Ina,
 better stay at home with his mother. I an
 convinced, and fully confident, that if an, person placed a barrel of whisky there Johi
 Moss would locate il in less time
 The Little Colorado discharges into tn Colorado river about thirty five miles below Lees Ferry, and the san Juan liver emptie itself into the Colorado about sixty five milri above Lees Ferry. These are the oply tw, ! rivers of any importance running into tn, l Colorado from the east, in this distance 0 one hundred miles. Therefore the fir, stream encountered by John and his raft would be the Little Colorado, coming in ] from the east. He could not mistake it, for ! the canon k more grand amt awc-command | ing a; it's coniluN than that of the Colorado l The river flows about three miles per hour and the waters of the Little Colorado. as he ! fore mentioned, arc more limpid than those os the Colorado. The names of both rivers mean red There iS nice looking sandy promenade, or sandy beach, on both sides ot the waters of the Little Colorado and also d very fine broad one on the east side of the Colorado. where John Moss could step from his raft with the greatest ease. and walk up the canon of the Little Colorado a dis iance If seventeen miles, when he would strike an Indian trail leading out on the north side, winch would take him to the surface; and if he did not tind this he could continue up the canon for distance of thirty miles, where he could get out without any eNcrtinn. The Grand Canon ot the Little Colorado dos not exceed thirty miles in length, and has no falls and is from 20J0 to 5000 feet deep; but from the mcanderings of the river It gives the spectator on it's banks the iilusive appearance of series of canons. The magnitude of this view is re- ally grand, sublime and awful to behold. About twenty miles southeast from the junction of the Colorados, close to the Black Forest, are four Chinsence Indian vallages. Ed-hia, Sets -hn kihds-fee and Oga6, and the chief $ name is My-si-aH.toe-ha. If Moss went to those villages enroute to Lees Fer ", and had Lis raft" constructed from the pines of the immense forest close by, in place of going to Lees Ferry, where a stick of timber fit for raft cannot be found in a radius of twenty miles, there would be some sense in it.
 Let Us quote another sentence from this long g-haired egotist II poled myself Of from the bank in daredevil spirit" The following will show the dare devil spirit and bravery of John Moss on Lightner creek in 1879. IL would appear that Moss had some misunderstanding with Col. Ron. He (Mus~) came to camp in high dudgeon, said Ina haI n R--on, and wanted the 'boys" to frame a suitable challenge to Col Ron to meet him in mortal combat, and the "boys" did frame the following document:
 ''CANP ON LIGHTSER.
 To Col. R-on.
 SIR:-Permit me to inform you that you are a Pig. have selected the spot on your hide where intend my bullet shall enter. As am the challenging party the law of gentlemen gives you the choice of weapons. Select them, inform me and ap- point an early hour and receive, sir, the ss- surance of the high consideration with which am anxious to eradicate from your polluted carcass, that effervescing ulcer which has become so obnoxious to my olfactory nerves. (signcd JomN Moss"
 Moss did not remain to fight that duel. Col. Ron appointed the following morn ing, and Henry Rifles, at fifty paces Moss left camp that night and crossed Lees Fer ", and l verify believe he would have crossed the Grand Canon of the Colorado in his terror-stricken precipitate flight from Col. Ron.
 And this is the man who pushed off into the Grand Canon in daredevil spirit.n 0, ye Gods,
 Whether John Moss was or was not an &C., live participator with John D. Lee in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, is problemat- cal. incline to think he was not am |