The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07

sion one.armed miner; named Tom. 70 wash
up the, Ensishman,s dishes ana coNk 9 our
i"o e OF things. and the poieeat stories failed
to inspire them with admiration for the draw,
ing room q iare.s Hotel and we rSp hasE e,
tits useless 70 at,empta description Of this
place. Major Powell attempted IL. una sue,
cceded as we'll AS any one could. one loses All
ideas of distance In the presence OF the clills.
wa .e the N"snrn Rss n" tho
foot Of the Falls to heWhirpo2l. wore extended
1000 times. and the ellis which enclose IL were
twenty times higher than they are. the canon
Of the Colorado would be reproduced without
the grotesaue shapes and gorgeous colors IN
painted. There Is nothing on earth So impress
sive. so noble SO massive. Here Is y clett IN
ae ESQ es5 onr 4 es the
bottom, and u little further down the Colorado
Liver draining the whole e., OF the Mnei pasIh
runs through q narrow gorge only lew ieet
wide ii, which III. water is said to BE- 10y feet
mile and u quarter high almost perpendicular
not at single point, but for miles.
The most Impressive feature Is called SOLO,
mons Temple. u great mountain $3.50 feet
high from the surface Of the water which flows
at the foot 1t is shaped like u magnificent
the S Sari,oi a, washins;on' Athensh is dome
Of the canon, II is really u mile and q half back
OF the PLAIN. and Is more than 1000 feet high.
FarlCS Keeps u record OF the NlsltOrS, anu. IN
looking over the list. one is struck by the large
proportion OF foreigners. 1t seems as II most
OF the ne Jple who have been here are English
men. and among others. tho book contains the
autograph of Herr Lasker.
. In ess than nifty years after the discovery OF
America. Spanish missionaries and explorers
were travelling upon the Colorado and along
its HANKS ana more was known OF 1t than OF
tho Mississippi or the Potomac. and tho Hud-
son River had not then been named Before
iha landing OF the Pilgrims its wonders were
discussed IN the royal courts Of Spain, ana
there were boats upon it before the bay oil Bos-
ton was discovered. But for three centuries
afirrwara white men saw and knew little Of II.
itA gprgrs aud rataracts forming n barrier that
ot-;ructed its exploration.
Tho first European to visit the Grand canon
WAS Cart. Cdrd"nhs. IN oitlcer OF tofonado 8
army. who was sent hy the latter with small
Iuni. Aftern journey Of twenty days he reached
the rivers bank and SAWS he found them ele-
waited three or four leagues in the air. and
some OF the single rocks that were seen stand
than Il man. were discovered on approaching
nearer t. be lostirr than the tower OF the cathe-
dral al seville" Several attempts were made to
reach III" stream nj the bottom. but wore un-
c-ed"d in climbing down the crevces in the
ellis far enough to ser the watpr. Cardenas
givesa graphic description ofthe Grand Canon.
and the point from which he observed IT, soDle-
from where the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
crosses to-day. but he certainly did not find the
side canon through which parties now reach
the bed OF the river from Peach Springs.
centuries, formed the only record OF. this al
most M thlcal locality. WAS maRnified by the
reportS Of hunters and trappers and scouts
who professe to have seen the cailons and had
The Indians. too. wove the wonders and mys-
terieS OF the EOrges in to their religion,