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Show ROUTE OF THE EXPEDITION, DOMINGUEZ-ESCALANTE THE 1776-77 INTRODUCTION different translations of Three the have been Escalante journal century. Utah during the first half Inter Harris, The Cathol ic Church in Utah (Salt Lake City: 1909) mountain Cathol ic Press, Herbert S. Auerbach, "Father Escalante's Route" ·and "Father Escalante's Itinerary" (Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 9, 1941), vol. II, "Father Escalante's journal" <utah Historical Quarterly, publ ished in (I) W. (2) the twentieth of R. 1943) Historical Bolton, "Pageant In the Wi Iderness" (Utah Quarterl y, vo I. 18, 1950.) Herbert E. (3) provide guides and maps purporting to Spanish party, and al I three disagree define the route Taken by AI I have major short of the trai I. regarding many important portions field work by compe on-the-ground to thorough, insufficient, comings due researched personally by him during Bolton's work, Dr. researchers. tent Yet his accurate trai I guide. the 1920's, contains by far the most nearly three of AI I publ these ications that completely publ ished report leaves some important portions One good example of such an omission is that segment urtouched. virtually and the confluence of Navajo of the route lying between present Lee's Ferry and inaccessable for remote too was area That just and Kaibito creeks. of the trai I Bolton some by field the Serious questions have also arisen the other authors. deal trai I ing with areas actually covered interpretations either of or regarding in or 1950 Since the interested the three scholars authors. ication of publ have made "Pageant In rather detailed the Wi Iderness" other studies of special segments In the early Gregory Crampton Dominguez-Escalante trai I. of examination of that portion of it lying conducted a careful, on-the-ground south of Rangely, Colorado, and between the main forks of Douglas Creek, Dr. S. Lyman Tyler and I Utah. of jensen, the Green iver ford north 1950's Dr. the Crampton in this field Green Rl under the title, "Discovery of accompanied Dr. research. ver " His C. report in the Utah was publ ished Quarterly, Historical 1952. October expeditions to trace the padres' route Lee's Ferry to the Crossing of the Fathers. through lower Glen Canyon--from also publ ished in Utah Historical Quarterly, July Results of that work were A 1958: few years I led several "Discovery of Glen Canyon, the segments of been made actually been had later by 1776". Several other scholars examined mistakes route from time to time, finding that important route had earl ier writers and that some portions of the researched at the ground -1- level. not |
