Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-14
THROUGH THE DESERT,
The PerilOus Trip Of a Bold
Hunter.
Borne by the Flood Water to the
Salton Sea.
Six Hundred Miles in a Small Skin.
Hardships of the Journey-The
Water on the Colo
RADIO Desert.

The San Francisco Chronicle prints
dispatch from Salton under date OF July |
10th, as follows:
Charles Thieleon will long be remem-
bered as an explorer of the Colorado
desert, for within the past few weeks he |
has made an involuntary trip from the
mouth of the Colorado river to Salton, a
distance of over 800 miles, and the
greatest wonder exists how he lives to
tell the tale. On May 10th he left Yu-
ma in an 18-foot skiff, going down the
Colorado river to the mouth of Hardy's
Colorado to hunt for the plumes of the
little white crane, which are plentiful
went up Hardy's Colorado to Volcr. mo
mountain, there camped and hunte d for
plumes.
He then determined to follow I'M the
New river, which comes ia. % Hardy's.
Colorado, two miles nortl west OF Vol.
cano mountain, which pl1ce he left June
18th. Entering up the New river. he
found slow current .unning northwest,
and after proceeding fifteen miles came
Ito laguna with an increased cur
rent; from that into a channel
with quite. rapid current, and
thoughtlessiy went on, cutting his way
through the mesquites until he came to
another laguna. Then, realizing his
dangerous position, he made camp and
concluded that it was impossible to re.
| turn by boat to Yuma through the
channels on account of the rapid cur
| rents. UaQ
The thought then occurred to push on
and endeavor to reach Salton. After
passing through seven lagunas he came
| to channel which he estimates to be
seventy-fve. miles long, the water rum
ming from four to five miles an hour,
but with no great depth or width to the
channel. This distance, he says, he
made in two days, arriving July 9th at
the south end OF Salton lake, about op-
posite Volcano springs.
Here he found the water to be two
inches deep, and was compelled to push
his boat some eight miles over the mud
and shallow water, hunting for chan
mel that would lead to Salton, but was
compelled to abandon the journey He
moored his boat and made for the rail-
road track barefooted and without
water, walking the distance of eight
miles through the hot mud and salt.
He arrived at Durmid half dead and re-
manned there one day resting himself.
The next day, thinking the water
would rise, he went back to his boat
and found, to use his own expression,
that "the water was being licked up by
the snn." There being no sign of rise
he went back to Durmid, and, not being
treated kindly, started to Salton afoot
to advise g. w. Durbrow of his trip.
At Salton he was taken care of, and to-
day he was fitted out with provisions
and water to return to his boat for his
gun and baggage. Mr.. Theilson will re-
turn to Salton and will be the guest Of
Mr.. Durbrow.
The water shows on the marsh about
four miles from the track at Salton,
but with the great evaporation there is
but little increase to the water, which is
accounted for by the fact that only one
stream is running into the lake, and as
the river will be falling every day it is
not probable that the water will attain
depth of of over six inches on the
marsh, which Mr.. Durbrow says twill
be very acceptable"