The sun., 1901-08-11

chS chSr.ctsp S Of the Gunnison River Is o6tainsd
from ,h' Zee. that y; ~si,sS ,;Ssu. = ss'y aSs
too rough even for the hardy mountain trout.
which are supposed 70 revsi ip any torrent.
lhe ss fGsLsssn qsstwey Gsys s Ten
fourteen miles being covered IN thst peLiod:
seven days were consumed In travelling
see,den. acc aas Occurred. red and this happened on
Sowid.r' S1s % striking on bis head and rsceiv-
On one day during this last stage Of the
only 800 feet, nearly al, Of the S dlstsncs Sn
To be unloeded and then dragged; Into
this part OF the chasm II is impossible for
any human being to enter ali-e except by
the lhs s's 70 isi:f fsss, s' ha h' yais
almost vertically. and often there Is no foot
Ing on either side 9f the river. One or two
m prospect ape I'll In front Of them for a few yards
and Then return TO assist In moving the boat.
Al every 100 or 200 feet. sometimcsl the boat
on the backs OF the members Of the party.
but now and then II happened that they
could on longer fnd any foothold. and under g
do but to trust entirely to the boat, taking
the chance OF what sharp turn In the stream
I'd saT seas sassd he .s. .. sSs journey
being caught In a whirlpool and submerged.
similar accidents happened more than once
build fre and dry tho clothes and bedding
Most unfortunately. many photographs which
had been taken were destroyed by ewetting
Oh fhs Ths nls mss day was the saddes., When
undergoing hardships me men & o. the Tick Rihd that ,sd
co9pG.ed this paaIy are not s.sa2Sed
smile. Any ones mishap; the result Is
not serious, Is a subject OF Joke. and the 40
cidents which befeil Curtis. the only tendeJ-
ins h hIm sb 70 be called iks -iandlabber. strange
title for man to win & ltD K miles .s ,soH sne
but on the last day, when II became obvious
that the trip could not be completed and
must be- abandoned. there was genuine sor-
After the hardships that had been endured
and which would have disheartened less sea-
soe sSsed puIs eo o the they cs ss1ea sSns
means men can command could possibly
carry them. They had come to s,tss cataract
s, ssty dsss .sd of sde
neither side was there a possibility Of gain
ing a footing by which 70 make The % descent ;
IN safety they would be unable 70 follow II,
Nor was there any certainty. II they passed
the tails. that they could escape To return
the way they had come WAS impossible The
boat could not be forced back against the
current. and IL was out Of the question to
carry their provisions. even III they had had
enough to last them on u return trip, The
canon was only thirty feet wide at the bot
tom, and above them doomed the nearly
vertical walls which seemed likely to hem
them IN forever.
The situation seemed desperate enough.
To scale one Of the walls was their only
salvation. and they did II. Everything was
left behind The boat was abandoned. and
with it the outfit. including provisions and
water. There was not dry eye In the party
as the explorers, Just at daybreak. bade
farewell 20 the sturdy little craft that had
brought them through such difficulties and
dangers. and turned their faces to the east
wall OF the gorge. Stripped OF all but neces-
sary clothing. they began climb which
lasted from daybreak to IL O'Clock at night,
at which hour they had made the ascent 70
an elevation OF 1900 feet dust about hall a
miel on 6Oo-foot slope. That Is to say.
and 900 feet above II. All OF these hours
they had neither food nor water.
At the top they found friends. who pro-
yided them With everything they needed.
Not yet dauuted they tried to ascertain
II IL would not be practicable to approach
the impassable falls from the other end OF
the cakon-i. @, from Delta Station This,
they learned, would not be dlillcult up TO
point within one and half miles OF the, cata-
raCt-the Falls OF Sorrow. as the explorers
named them but there again was q stretch
yet given up the enterprise. and this winter
they will make another attempt to reach
the falls from the Delta end OF the gorge.
when the river IL frozen, starting out with
ice hooks and spiked boots, and carr ing
their outfit on sled.