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Show toward the north and joins with a smal I tributary of Brush Creek. I There The is no running water in the val ley but there are two scanty springs. sma I I have does permanent running tributary with which the val ley joins water. They crossed this stream at the only convenient crossing and The hi I I turned generally toward the northwest, climbing a rugged hi I I. is mostly of soft soi I with no ledges or stones. Toward the summit of the hi I I they joined the Old Ute Trai I which was better than the minor trai I they were Hayden gives previous day. the on good description of this trai I The trai I S. Geological Survey. in the Tenth Annual a Report of the U. of the Roan Plateau ran the entire length lead at and connected with feeder trails the to of the from the crest valleys below, plateau various points necting with other trai Is Continuing leading to various toward the northwest that con places. through gently sroping hi I Is, they left forks of Lake Creek and ascended passed right It was from this ridge that Si Ivestre the summit of Razorback Ridge. pointed out the White Cliffs of Cliff Creek on Blue Mountain to the the heads of the and northwest. From the summit of Razorback Ridge they turned generally west for few hundred yards to a promontory that juts out into East Douglas Canyon. There they descended an extremely long slope to the canyon floor. a down East Douglas Canyon for a league and a half they Actually they stopped very near the junction of East continued Douglas and Cathedral creeks, for the journal records that they This is a change of direction and must down the canyon west-northwest. A league past the junction be at the confluence of these two creeks. with good pasturage. but without water They they camped for the night traveling After stopped for water. cal led the camp Santa Delfina. RESEARCH METHODS It Nuestra day. necessary to fix the location of the Camp La Natividad de Senora in order to accurately follow the march of the succeeding was journal and maps for directions and on Then distances. July 28, 1975, a research trip was taken to Roan It was concluded that the Dominguez-Escalante party Creek. Carr and Creek went up Carr Creek based upon interpretation of the distances traveled, It was hard at the direction given, and the description of the terrain. first to imagine that Si Ivestre took a trail out of Carr Creek up the This researcher studied the the ledges and noted that there steep slopes, through I. It wi I I be on to the top of Brush Mountain. is considerable difference of opinion and that of O'Nei I and Thompson regarding the between the Jacobs report 7-8 research wi I' undoubtedly Additional location of the September camp. (Editor) area. in this need to be done -89- |
