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Show If so, we believe Canyon, and that is very possible. the near with Russon that they camped very present-day site of Dolores. the of marches the one of After expedition, they would have longest and pasturage which were water closest at the good probably camped afforded at the present site of the town, probably right at the point where the Dolores turns to the north (the "turn" mentioned by Escalante). River via Lost RESEARCH METHODS into Mancos and turned northwest on Colorado We consulted between Mancos and Dolores. 184 which parallels and publisher owner in several people Dolores, especially Larry Pleasant, entered Escalante and that believes who Dolores the of Dominguez Star, We drove on U.S. 160 the trai 1 Lost Canyon quite a bit earlier and fol lowed August On the 13th we it to the Dolores. 13 made camp, both to allow in order to go ahead, and to take a bearing on the polar elevation of this site and meadow of EI Rio de the Padre to improve los Dolores where bearing was taken we some more found ourselves. The by the sun, and we saw that Here and a ha I flat i tude. 380 13' we were at there is everything that a good settlement needs its establishment and maintenance as regards irrigable lands, pasturage, timber, and fire for on the river's south in ancient times a sma I I settle ment of the same type as those of the Indians of New Mexico, as the ruins which we purposely wood. Upon side, there an inspected show. got better, and ney the RESEARCH AND elevation was Padre we Fray decided Francisco Atanasio to continue our following day. R. INTERPRETATION W. Delaney jour and Robert McDaniel The exact site of the Anasazi ruin visited by members of the exped A 1975). is a matter of some controversy at this time (June museum is being constructed and ruins are being stab; lized at the "Escalante Ruin" which mayor may not be the one mentioned by Escalante. ition EDITORIAL NOTE Vii Page lages, 36 of the Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 670, Prehistoric Castles and Towers of Southwestern Colorado (Washington, D.C.: -52- |
