Arizona weekly miner., 1877-05-04
eKANDEsr SCENERY IN TuE WORLD.

XoSs' explorations of the Colorado River <b raf, and his attempt tc discover the |cpHfuence of the Little Colorado herewith. Permit me, as one who. from sad expcri- <k co ksowS something about the conjunc- tlbs of those streams, 10 give the readers X of the MINER little information on sub IT which Captain John Moss knows noth- |<ng at all about. In all the maps, the june |<}pa of these two rivers are indicated as oc- |ferrinS in a large mountain range And |4ed when their waters flow together, the |f< <lorado is delineated as making d large 5krcam. 10 the East. When on the contrary, |lhe surface of the country where the Iittie 24ieradc disemboSoms Is perfectly level |Ule two streams. after joining, flow in a |x4aight line for sboa; half mile, and then Ike bend to the West
 In February, 1878, left the Moqui Will |IaRes for this very point-no: on an explo- |j0g expedition, but 8 prospecting one. l |Has accompanied by two companions-Ja,k Harvey (Black Jack, citizen of Prescott, bow living in the Globe District, and A. C. |3eardon, who, st present. lives in Sonora. |AeSico. There IS q trail leading from the prhi Villages to Lees Ferry; and after |P><sIng those villages, for distance of 70 |n3les, there is no water, until stream i, |rc&ched running from the North-known to |kh< Navajoe Indians, by the name "Poco- |7e-slo-chiSh," and to the Crab Indians, by |M name "Mouma,' or "Mou-yabia." We Zned II Palmer Creek, as, in all probability. 1k man Palmer was the first white man M penetrated this section of Yavapai |ranty. But, who was this man Palmer i've knew of him was, that he left pape. |v the orabee Indians, certifying thai he |11 counted their number, in 1869, and pd them consisting of 29S adults. and o4children; and signed his name, A D &{ner," We also found his name carved the bsssltic pillars of the plains. and also oKfaved on the colloSSal colonades of tc Painted Desert" And it was he who ,4cribed the name of the Desert on agigan- ! tfolumn thereof. IL is on this stretch of nilfs, that one of the most sublime scene. !
 estr bsheld by the human eve, is en- miered-the Painted Desert" How strange, that among all those who | ufess tO know all about the Colorados. not |
 has ever mentioned the Painted Des- 1
 On the night of the 4th of February, 1873. !
 made dry camp. on an open. elevated l ateau, or mesa. Each man had to take | ttnFn on guard, four hours at a time: IL 1, e my morning watch. and l reused the | hers at an early hour, and pointed out To l en the plain before us. They rubbed | CT eyes and looked, and looked, and rub 1 u their eyes and imagined they were l
 sasferred to some fairy land, or other | }oum. As the sun rose higher and illu- |
 tned the many thousands of columns. and l
 Attitudes of looking sphinx. which !
 N<ched before us, as far as the eye could i
 nch, and kept perpetually changing into ! | tbe colors of the prism and variations of !
 Q Kaleidoscope. We almost prostrated 1
 Rselves in adoration before the God of |
 sture
 HE PAINTED DESERT LAY BEFORE Us.
 70 hours later, on passing through it, we
 xe startled on observing the ''Fata Mor-
 14 or mirages, consisting of many hun
 e8 of fantastical atmospheric phenomina,
 cn as palaces, in various styles of archi-
 :ture, beautiful hanging gardens, terraces.
 lik eolonades, temples, fountains, lakes,
 Utcations, with flags flying on their ram
 o. inverted houses, towers, walled towns
 oonicsl hills, with flags flying from the
 beautiful lawns and promenades,
 ,oscsPes, spacious woods, groves, orchards,
 4dows, with companies of men and wo-
 and herds of cattle, deer and antelope
 nding, walking, lying, etc, and all paint
 xlth such an admirable mixture of light
 shade, that it is impossible 10 form an
 eate conception of the picture, without
 %s It. Not any scenery represented by oemerd can be more beautiful, or more (
 taithiul representation of nature. Our A<est astonishment was, however, evinced
 Dcholding three mounted men with two ok-animals, come out of the hay atmos- |, eH, towards us: We halted, and con- N2ed pumping cartridces into nur rifles l