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Show edge of the first the San pasturages continued leagues and a half. RESEARCH AND in great R. INTERPRETATION From the the two which make rivulet of Lazaro--or the Mancos campsite at by another abundance. W. Delaney name. Today up The four and Robert McDaniel Hesperus, the Spaniards could see the high hi II 160 goes right before turning Highway to their north, which they their trail here and turns northwest around the hi I I almost due west toward Thompson Park, consisting of "very pleasant The wi I d flowers narrow va I I eys with woods, very abundant w t th pastures." of the hil Is. They probably skirted are sti I I abundant on the had to skirt. Colorado along slopes to the west and crossed present Colorado 160 to camp on the East Mancos River just before its confluence with the main Mancos River. The campsite is on private land, but from the highway one can see the two lines of cottonwoods that mark the East Mancos and Mancos rivers. the campsite too near the present town of Both Bolton and Russon Mancos Hi I I place n we found ourselves obliged to halt at the Escalante says Lazaro--or edge of the first rivulet of the" two which make up the San fits This another name perfectly the the Mancos description Mancos. East ••• by Mancos just ••• it before joins the West Mancos to form the Mancos of urgency in Escalante's words, suggesting There is River. have would that they camped at the first water and good pasturage. a sense RESEARCH METHODS 160 from Hesperus to the We consulted at Hesperus and at two campsite on the East Mancos River. "the first rivulet of the two.n Only by ranches before determining retracing our route to a high place were we able to see exactly the cottonwoods which mark the courses of the creeks which form the Mancos We turned from Colorado Highway 140 to U.S. River. August On the II 11th, notwithstanding the severe cold and wetness we were experiencing. we were unable to change our location, for Padre awoke very much exhau Fray Francisco Atanasio sted from the trouble mentioned, and with some For this reason we could not go over fever. to see the sierra's metallic veins and rocks mentioned, even though they were a short dis tance away as one companion who had seen them on another occasion assured us. -50- |
