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Show cH·x ·pTER X. 'REPORT ON A . TRIP TO THE MOUTH OF THE DIRTY DEVIL RIVER. By A. H. THOMPSON. KANAB, UTAll TER., July 30, 1872. SIR: In accordance with your instructions, I proceeded, in the latter part of May, 1872, with the party under my charge, to Kanab, Utah Territory, and immediately refitted for a trip to the junction of the Colorado and Dirty Devil Rivers, having in view the double object of exploring the country, and bringing the boat left, in October, 1871, at that point, to the mouth of the Paria River. In the summer of 1871, a small party, belonging to this expedition, attempted to reach the junction of the Colorado and Dirty Devil Rivers, by proceeding east from Glencove, Utah Territory; but, after traveling forty or fifty miles, they found it impossible to induce their Indian guides to go farther, and impracticable to proceed without them, so the attempt was abandoned. Soon after, another party, under charge of Jacob Hamblin,· attempted to reach the same point, by proceeding in a northeast direction from Kanab. They discovered the head waters of a stream flowing in an easterly direction to the Colorado River, and followed its course a hundred miles, and until within an estimated distance of ten miles from its mouth. From tho volume of water which Mr. Hamblin represented it as carrying, its length, and general course, I had but little doubt it was the Dirty Devil; the more especially as, on our voyage down the Colorado, we had discovered the mouth of no other considerable stream between the junction of the Grand and Green and the Paria. From the report of the same party, I supposed no serious difficulties would be encountered, and that the time necessary for the round trip would be about six weeks, including that occupied by the river party in descending the Colorado through Glen Cafion to the mouth |
