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Show northern side. Here it is San Juan. already joined with that of the The experts said that these two rivers came together little farther up, and so we decided to take the latitude of this stopping point, and hold up for this purpose until the A bearing was taken by the afternoon of the fol lowing day. sun's meridian and we found the place, which we named Nuestra Senora de las Nieves, to be at 370 51' latitude. Fray Si Ivestre a went out to and San Juan place where the said rivers of Navajo together and found that it lay three leagues inspect come the flies almost due east of Las Nieves, either one's banks at the junction itself there the as for a crow moderate settlement that on good prospects ...• w. INTERPRETATION RESEARCH AND and were L. Rusho Amargo Canyon, through which the expedition began the day's travel, from the campsite to the west, but near its junction with it makes a sharp bend to the south. Hence, the composite River Navajo At the confluence the Navajo direction was indeed toward the southwest. River flows through a deep canyon, formed by steep, wooded mountains, The padres traveled west and here makes a sharp bend toward the northwest. a not league to the south as along this bend for less than a mile (certainly side reached a stated in the diary), where they canyon from the southwest now cal led La Juita Canyon. continues developments in Amargo Canyon and along the Navajo River are For many years the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad had a spur Now the tracks are gone and the rai 1track through these canyons to Chama. road grade is the pathway for J9, one of the maintained dirt roads of the At the mouth of Amargo Canyon stil I stand two steel Jicari I la Reservation. Modern few. bridges and a decrepit, but picturesque, water tower. the padres of Highway J9 turns southwest up La Juita Canyon, as did two miles, than less had their gone "expert" guides. They 1776, led by Road J9 in the a three-way fork reached Today canyon. when they however, Ie an undesignated and whi J3 heads Road northwest, continues southwest, Obviously the guides should have continued faint road heads straight west. turned instead west, up a broad canyon that goes nowhere. but they southwest, mountain on which As a result, they found themselves against a steep, wooded Barrella then west, quite near Canyon and La they proceeded to the north, La Huida southwest Canyon they along Hulda Canyon. Traveling west, then northwest to get their bearings from the crest of a turning finally groped, high mountain. climbed is not excessively Although densely wooded, the mountain they were but northwest the approaching it from the side, they steep except on T 32N, R 3W, is shown on Sec. located in The 16, side. mountain, southeast From its highest point, elevation. feet in as 7,753 Carracas Canyon Quadrangle -39- |
