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Show Powell , ifilds ( diary dia-ry diary ) of Nifly 17,1869 , ( hi'hit hihit ) TopoTt iDii the exploration of the Colorado River of the West ( Exhibit 51 ) , in describing the Stillwater ( Canyon Canyoii ) section of ( Green Greeli ) River , states , ( "Landscape Landscape ) ( everywhere everyiYhere ) ( rocks Tocks ) 110 vegetation no soil no sand . " , , ; , , . Other testimony in the record ( shows sboivs ) most ( con- con ) ( clusi-vely clusively ) that the roughness of the region , combined ( with -with with ) the ( meager iucager ) rainfall , the almost tofitl absence of soil , and the scantiness of grass , sage , pine , phion , and cedar , make the plateau section , ( through tbrough ) which these ( rivers Tivers ) flow , a desert waste . ( Prommel Prol-nmel Prolnmel ) . ( Vol . 5 , page 992 ) ; Dobbin ( Vol . 7 , pages 1311 , 1317 ) ; ( Auraiid A-Lirand ALirand ) ( Vol . 7 , page 1339 ) ; Dellenbaugh ( Vol . 9 , page 1556 ) . Locations at which the rivers are accessible As Baker shows in Exhibit 55 , page I , tlie region does not ( permit periiiit ) free travel by ( automobile autoniobile ) , ( horse- horse ) back , or on foot . ( Testimony Testhaiony ) as noted ( hereafter hereaTter ) , however , of ( many inauy ) ( old-timers oldtimers ) , explorers , , ( prospec- prospec ) tors , engineers , geologists , and others shows that there are certain faiTly ( well-defined welldefined ) routes over which ( considerable cousiderable ) travel has occurred and that in connection with exploration ( work -work work ) there were few localities that could not be reached ( either eitlier ) on ( horse- horse ) back or on foot . Area west of Green ( River kiver ) coid Colorado River . . Withiii reasoiiable limits , , the testimony shows that the plateau section ( lying lyiiig ) to the west of Green River G |
