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Show On August continued up the party 2 the Canjilon past the modern town of Canji Ion before turning west by northwest into the val ley of Rio Cebol la, crossing that stream somewhat east of present Highway 84. After crossing the Cebolla the trai I continued northwestward into the drainage of Rio Nutrias where the party camped for the night at the site of the present town of the same name. From Nutrias the mi les to fol lows again trail takes west a arrive at Rio Chama about the east bank upstream to mentioned Escalante's in diary. the cross the site of the present town. From the northwest along a juniper-covered ridge Heron by a immediately in front of party camped at the date was August 3. it The The fol a and Tecolate course a good trai I ford the cyrrently ree mesas covers rounded and ten some It ford at near or strikes to the in clear view of the three Lake part mesas of the I Y i ng leads. which the trai I and a hi I I mesa mesas for La Penta. pass through before entering the narrow the expedition the lowing day Sawmi I I past mesas, is foot of river via river Between the northe rnmost of the th tra i I. northwest mile south of The pass. the northernmost of the three pass to Laguna inside the Jicari I la Apache through the narrow (now cal led Horse Lake) located From Horse Lake the route fol lowed by the padres probably An old struck nearly due north to the present old mining town of Monero. Denver now abandoned From Monero a trai I is clearly visible there today. trail Lumberton and leis Rai I road the & Rio Grande Western through grade paral Dulce to reach the Navajo River by way of Amargo Creek. de 01 ivares Reservation. The trail distance to point a fol lowed the right bank of the Navajo westward for point where that stream turns sharply to the north. padres the river and continued the crossed in a short a At that southwesterly direction mi Ie, west a couple of miles, and then lost the trail completely and wandered northwestward through that rugged area seven or eight mi les. Fortunately, they finally came to a high point from which they could see the for about a distant channel of the San Juan River, which they After working their way down a steep the Navajo. stream, Juan crossed the near That numerous it at present a good ford, and site of Carracas. part of the Jicari I unimproved roads and la camped on mistakenly thought slope they reached the north Apache Reservation trai Is which seem to is bank of nowhere. by using descriptions Carracas Juan site River that site seems into the by way of to be it is How for succeeding days, the the where point padres crossed the San state of Colorado. They had evidently reached and I isted distances about the present tributary a with Because of the difficult terrain and the vagueness of Escalante's descriptions, wei I nigh impossible to plot the route with any degree' of certainty. ever, San the criss-crossed lead be to the of Carracas -5- Canyon. |
