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Show 1 'Beale :Gossed the Co.Lo rado ,. lliyer .near fort Hojave,. nurebe r a ,of I II mi1eq above t.he ,railroad crossing---arriving\ th ere October 18, ::;) __ l 1$5_'l" -Th Ji ve r i':: ;".t since . . , .• • __ <'!) I pr9PablY:..Lhel1:' four:l1tryingll qays ,", " above its _low:1wat_er used were stage, Ln getting,the " o'Lltft aq:ross." Of course.jthe "wagons .had but animals w.er ws, lot; rn\lles, we re from I required ,to but those .. deserts; of Africa t,e ' swim or to" be ,wade. long-:legge_._d ,'.nq bravely v a , frr:,:j.ed over; ,dozen hor-ses -and Long-ne cked stream faced the came.l s and, crossed without ,loss. Beal,e went, ·to Los "with stocked up lwho was after out.f'Lt, the or , s -ar taken "I:t. Jesupt' board , .. and was season of of .. s i.ded a 'by' th e a tout river f'ew minutes west."bank; course s Lt e s this .ret.racemerrt of purpose of he yar. where, t h e Mormo_ns later made settlement si.ng Y., Vlithin wint,e!1 for. the that and they .began and da sembarked.jon the Arizona side makdrig usabi+ty.of it in feed c ros they , of mon vias soon dead still, Colorado .f'rom Fort lIin the Valey which, return steamer the appears that Beale course. .,trip, the where r:'ivr:with)his lQ5_ft., sde':"'wheeling r-iva'L, a Tejon" ,espied . bY-,G,apti,n'\,'GeoJ;'ge Alonzo Johnson, were "Oene ra.L the Co Lorado .Lng I ,Beale' then to Fort nea red-rt.he they the corni.ngjip star). .The , As January23rd, they . Angeles ,:,and, .spp1ies for, January 1, 1858. 1 " . tlhlere was an abundance testing the 'In the Little Colorado .se tt.Lement pl.ent.y of "wood; and ni.s .out.com- he says .t.here southward Oli was t he Mor- of ;wild game. The weath- er a was so mild he had little or no need for his tent. Beale of the ravorabl.e time and season-c--we.J'a ve already spoken cold and .' ...J snow .• in this .count iy at unfa vora bl.e t imes.. ' J Beal led another eedition throueh he Valley in 1859. came at extreme |
