The Parker post., 1914-05-02

trail one comes to another steep
place that leads down to the narrow,
basalt canyon and to the river At
this place everybody takes luncheon,
and writes his name on a stonewhich
he places on monument that is be-
ing built that way.
The trip UP the trail is much cas-
ier, and one can get betterview of
the cOloring of the different strata
OF rock Everybody is hungry, and
hurrles into the hotel When he
has retired for the night he dreams
OF vast, yawning chasms, great pano-
ramlc views, of painted cliffs and
towering peaks. Some OF the young
er ones may even dream of Lovers
Leaps and Angel Flights.
1t would not do to miss Ell Tovar
and the Bright Angel trail So the
next day we motor over fourteen
miles along the rim of the canyon to
where Fred Harvey and the Santa
Fe have built very large hotel, and
where Ralph Cameron provides mules
for the trail
Going down the Bright Angel trail
is something similar to the Grand
View trail, though Jacobs Ladder
and the Corkscrew are sleeper 1t is
only seven miles to the river. Some
take trip to the river and come
back to the Indian gardens, and then
so out on the plateau trail that leads
to the top of the narrow gorge
through which the river flows, and
where the Masons are wont to initi-
ate a brother on occasion. I have
watched many lady tourist descend
ing the Corkscrew and at every turn
the mule stops and gazes down 1000
feet or more as if he had all day and
as if he knew the lady kicking him
was not excited and afraid
After the day of trails one can 60
to the Hopi village and watch them
make baskets, and the Navajos make
blankets. The Navajos also dance
what is called the Navajo hoe dance
If there is prospect of pennies be-
ing thrown their way.
No one should visit the canyon
without hearing some of Captain
Hance's marvellous stories He is
very interesting. He tells how the
canyon was made. He said before
his partner fell off precipice and
got Killed they dug up the canyon
and wheeled it over and made the
San Francisco mountains. This is
a mild tale and he has thousands
more he would like to relate. He
is known by almost every tourist in
the world, and has lived on the rim
OF the canyon for thirty years.
The return journey is through one
of the grandest portions of Arizona.
If it is a little late in the summer
one can go over to the Hopi reserva-
ton and see the famous Moqui Snake
dance that travellers come from all
over the world to witness
The Hopis, or Moquis, to give them
their detested nickname, dance a
weird kind of dance with rattlesnkes
in their mouths, and squirming about
their bodies. When one gets bitten
he places some kind of wax on the
wound and the poison has no un-
pleasant effect. This famous dance
occurs sometime in August and is
a symboilcal prayer for rain
If one wants to be a pathfinder
he can come back by the way of
Adamana, and stop to explore the
greatest petrified forest in the world
Here are great trunks of trees petri-
fled in their natural state, and where
one is broken it shows all the. colors
of the rainbow, and is as hard as
flint
Continuing by way of the White
Mountains with a few days angling in
the mountain streams for the wary
trout, and then on down by Clifton
and Morenci, to reach home in that
part of newly settled Arizona with
a great future the Bowie Valley