Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02

TtHE discovery Of an awe inspir-
ing natural bridge, spanning a
hitherto unknown canyon in
southern Utah, on the 18th OF
,.., August by Prof Byron Cummings
LA his state Archaeological party.
~55s chapter TO scientific exploration
,ss, D.. more than interesting.
rbs new bridge was only reached
,esr repeatcd and hazardous expert
,oees under the glare OF a torrid SUM-
o,s, barren and undulating stretches
y, desert through Royal gorges with
,.,oendlcular walls, over untrailed and
unnamed mosas rising 1000 feet in the
cir sliding and slipping over miles oil
solid sandstone rock. vending patient
d. through beds Of yellow sand. dry and
thirsty for water, half blind from the
,.t,u.5 reflection or heat waves, jaded
from nights spent in thunderstorns and
NET blankets. and finally half starved
0om a scarcity OF provisions.
And even then. had IL not been for
The opportune visit Of certain Pahute
Indian with an epicurian twinkle in his
small eyes we should have been hope
lasslv lost and the majestic bridge with
Its solemn and solitary settings might
have rested for many years to come the
unknown giant freak OF the wilds.
INDIAN GUIDES QUIT.
We had gained a point possibly %
miles from the coveted goal when our
two Indian guides. one a Navajo the
other Pahute. decided simultaneous
By that the bridge was myth and
that travelling under difficulties was
not particularly hcalthful TO Indian in
cInauous. We had suspected during
the long afternoon that their unintelli-
gbe search for train was a more seri-
Gus matter than they were willing TO
admit and when night came they con-
dlentauy whispered that their old
"gompIng ground was far behind.
It was then Uhe night OF the 18th OF
AlgusD that Nashjaw Begay.
Who. hy tbo way, is son Of the most
cunning sneak of Indian diplomacy yet
living and has "a goodly inheritance Of
ihe original potornal instinct himself,
came up through the dark hugging our
uaI with "a perspicaciousness that was
long ago patented by the red man
After considerable hemming and bow
ing end monotonous series Of grunts
We were Informed that the bridge lay
q half days ride ahead I'm a canyon
that emrue1 into the Colorado. and
Aat Dr. ONaahjaw Begay) would lead
w there and out again for three silver
dollars day.
That meant 20 ms what rain means
h Hi'to1 suuHowcrs. and we swung
mo saddle the next morning an eXpec-
ui'oa AZ noon. after shooting up and
a''n through "a labyrinth OF confused
canyons and narrowly escaping tho loss
q" iNo pack horses from the pack train.
Fof Cummings followed by the rest
OF ihe nrty caught the first glimpse of
me mythical bridge that the few In
'Ians who have bchold IL call "Noonoz-
''zI. meaning Tho Bridge" a term
ah'h Do. ans Co Them Il they could ox.
H." % .n English.
liking of BRIDGES"
Mm#t sI-ht 81 seemed insignlhcanuy
'.- ."si s0 to sroak -in glarirg
mass of red sandstone cHNs mat wall
' No. canyon ou either side in trcmon-
.'u' irregular whrls. As $50 wound
''"n l1. canyon. however. the upper
'n' oft thc arch slowly became
.'''h'.''a against the sky and the
''shh..nt proportions Of the whole
,' aaNued on us in their entirety.
0 comparatively slender shaft. OF
i0na formation. curving In
'''N.'aI regularity over an arroyo
pun Perpendicular walls and am oozine
h DID, oh. bottom spanning "a cam
.' '' feet n.ie g,i feet inside meas
.., ..'I. 'Hd rising 300 feet In the air.
M '.'' official moasurcmenD. makes
A.. unique picture Of its kind
Too scientific research.
FOR INSTANCE
would be possible. for instance 10
n'' or sIN ordinary ls-story sky
esm'., under ile arch ana then have
h,os. room FOR AN aeroplane 10 SAN
an sts,. 'l'neasl side the arch Joins
saa c.-D',''.'ni of the same formation
lst i. ',,.'u's ihe wall OF the canyon.
"s northwest side the arch