The Holly chieftain., 1921-10-06

Info the Grand canyon at the. bend below the Lit
tie Colorado on June 20. He named the canyon
Puerto de Bucareli (Bucareli's pass) in honor OF
the then vicerOy
Grand river both above and below its junction
with Gunnsop river. was named Rio San Rafael
by Fathers DomfnigueZ aud Escalante In 1176. To
the south branch, the present Gunnison river, they
gave the name Rio San Javer (Xavier) and re-
ported the Ute Indian name as Tomichi. In this
area Pixies maps. 1S05O7 like other early maps,
are difficult to interpret. His "Rio de los Anmas'
(las Anmas) is much more like Grand river than
his Rio San Rafael In 1S43 Fremont lettered
1t Grand river. as did Captain Stansbury in 1s49.
But for long years the maps showed great di-
versity of nomenclature. Below its junction with
the GunnsOn this. river was usually called Grand
river rarely Rio Colorado or Grand and even
Colorado Above the Junction 1t was called Grand.
Bunkura, Blue and North Fork of Grand river. Gum
nlson river was named variously Eagle Eagle Tail.
South Fork Of Grand. Grnnde and Grand river.
In after years Captain iGunnison's name became
gradually fixed on the branch which he explored,
and the name Grand on the north or main branch.
while the name Blue river now describes small
south branch of the latter in Summit county.
Colorado.
Green river called Rio de San Buenaven-
tura by Dominiguez and Escalante In 1778. and
Escalante says &Diaro. Sept. IL, 1776) that It
was so named In 1783s by FIR. Alfonso de Posatla.
Thinking that 1t flowed to the west. the map ma,.
ers represented It as crossing the Grent basin ard
flowing into the Pacific ocean. Thus 1t was that
the River Buenaventura became the famous "gbost
river" which for years haunted the maps of the far
West. Pike. 1S05-0If mapped 1t with headwaters
in the position of upper Green river, having an
aflluent. Rio de San Clemente (Escalante's name
for White river, an east branch of the Green riv-
err and flowing southwest into Sewer lake (nan,e-
less). Before 1911. however, upper Green river
was known to be connected with the Colorado.
The Astorians called 1t both Spanish river aud
do L tya NV
Jededah s. Smith In 1924 and Rio Colorado o.
the West by William II. Ashley In 1926 B0nne-
vile 1887, lettered 1t Colorado Of the West on his
map Of the territory west OF the Rocky Mountains
The name Green river dates at least az far
back as 1924. Dale refers to news item In the
Missouri Inte,ligencer, June 25. 1926 Of party
leaving Santa Cruz In November, 1924 to trap on
Green river" Fremont says that the Spaniaris
contrasting 'its timbered shores and green wooded
Islands with Its dry sandy plains" named Il Rio
Verde (Green river) Bancroft speaks of an EN-
pl0yee Of Ashley's "Mr. Green who gave his name
to Green river; and Chittenden advances The
theory that the name may have been suggested
By the color of the water.
The net Of congress providing for the arganlza.
ton Of the territory Of Colorado was approved
February %. 1861. AS introduced and as passed
by the house. the bill named the proposed new
organization the territory Of Idah0-"Idaho" hav.
ing been selected from many names proposed In
the senate on motion Of Senator Wilson Of Mas
sacusetts. the name Of the territory was amended
by striking out "fdaho" and inserting Colorado
This done at the suggestion OF Delegate Will
liams for the reason that rhe Colorado river arose
In Its mountains hence there WAS n peculiar it-
ness In the name Bancroft. however SAYS TINT
"The name Colorado given to II ut the eng.
geston Of the, man (Wiil'am Gpn) selected fo-
Its first governor; and he quotes from manu-
script of GilpihS follows: "SOme wnnted II
called Jefferson. some Arcadia. ! said the people
huv In 81 Dr nv font t1,o
great rivers of the country md the great feature
OF that country is the great Colorado river AN
said he (Wilson OF Massachusettsl. that Is III:
and he namcd 1T Co,oradc." gf's.