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Show RESEARCH INTERPRETATION AND R.W. Delaney and Robert McDaniel and into The group conti Rued through the west fork of Dry Creek Canyon Sawtooth Ridge probably the southeastern end of Paradox Val ley, skirted There they camped north north by east, and reached the San Miguel ver. about the west of Naturita in a meadow on the west side of the river at of junction There is great discrepancy a lante and the actual Luis. four and 90. present-day Highways 141 leagues reported by Esca campsites of San Bernabe and San between the six distance between the The distance would appear to be no more than three and a half to ieagues. Perhaps, the windings of Dry Creek which they fol lowed to the San Miguel threw off Escalante's calculations. RESEARCH METHODS We talked to several ideas for the travel steps to people in Naturita who showed best campsite. of this date and the us on the map their We retraced our photograph the best site and determined that it was on of Colorado Highways 141 very close to the present-day junction August On the 22nd we left EI the river and 90. 22 Paraje de San Luis, crossed high and steep incl ine, but river, went up a rather rocky, and started over an extensive mesa which We is like a piece off La Sierra de los Tabehuachis. east-northeast two northeast for it went over leagues, for more than half a league, east-southeast for another but half, and descended the mesa down another steep short incl ine, and it is the one which Don Juan Maria Rivera in his Diary dwel Is on as being very trying. Then we traveled along the edge of EI Rio de San Pedro (upstream) for a league toward the northeast. We paused for rest, and they went on to reconnoiter what in the afternoon--by getting away we were to travel from the river now if there were a water source handy, Those who had gone out and if not, the fol lowing day. for this purpose returned late, and so we slept [over written: ended the march] at this spot which we named San Fel ipe. Today four leagues. the not too RESEARCH AND Delaney and Robert .McDaniel quite high here and would have R.W INTERPRETATION The eastern bank of the San Miguel The somewhat difficult to ascend. is route at the start of the day dry mesas. After going generally north generally southeast, hit the San Miguel again, and camped on its banks just west of where Colorado Highway 90 goes today and not far from the electric generating plant on the river. been led the expedition to high and east for some time they turned -64- |
