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Show . ' > 4luuMEIft ( UKIk-' UKIk ) , * * MO ( The "Ehe Ehe ) country in there to ( tlie the ) right ( or'south orsouth ) is a ( ter-' ter ) x1ble country , terrible mixture of canyons ( and- and ) cliffs ; it is very difficult to traverse ; ; it is easier now , because trails have been worked out . . ( On 011 ) the left is what they call Aquarius Plateau , , ( 'a a ) , ( liigh high ) plateau covered with lakes ( and aud ) brooks ; a very beautiful country ; had plenty of grass and ( every- every ) ( thing -thing thing ) for the horses , until they got to the end of ( that Oiat ) . ( When -"Then Then ) . ( tliey they ) got to the eastern end of ( Aqua- Aqua ) rius Plateau , they had to descend into this canyon ( region reg-ion region ) ; they had a great deal of difficulty getting across that , because they misunderstood some ( In- In ) dians they ( met inet ) ; they ( wouldn't wouldnt vouldn't vouldnt ) go with them , but they gave them directions . Misunderstood the ( di- di ) rections , and they got terribly tangled up in that ( maze -maze maze ) of canyons . ( R . 1547-1548 . ) The distance from Lees Ferry , Arizona , to ( Xanab Kanab ) overland , is d little less than one ( hundred hunched ) miles , and from Kanab to the mouth of the Dirty Devil River , in the way you have to go , must be one hundred and fifty or two hundred ( miles iniles ) . ( R . 1548 . ) They ( didn't didnt ) go back to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) and go up the river in a boat , because they ( couldn't couldnt ) . It is almost impossible to go up the river in . any boat . ( R . . 1549 . ) He ( means nieans ) at that time of year with those boats . ( R . 1550 ) The only other settlement in that country that he visited personally was a little place about ( four- four ) ( teen leeu ) miles west of ( Kanab K'anab Kanab ) called Johnson , where a |