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Show The G. INTERPRETATION RESEARCH AND Dominguez-Escalante party continued on down East Clel I Jacobs Douglas past the the canyon where Rver. They crossed thence to the mouth of junction with Douglas Creek and they found the confluence of Douglas Creek and White the river and camped on the north side. Halfway down the canyon they viewed some petroglyphs, and because of this they named the canyon Pintado or Painted Canyon. RESEARCH METHODS in company with This researcher Jim Keaton of the Bureau of Land Bloomfield, county Hartley Management office, Meeker, Colorado, of Rio Blanco County, ,Colorado, drove down East Douglas and Douglas Canyon, observing the terrain, taking photographs, and analyzing We found and photographed the petroglyphs the Dominguez-Escalante route. which fit very closely the description given in the journal. They are situated about a half-mi Ie above Philadelphia Creek and Big Bull Draw. H. and assessor September On the 10 lOth because, according to the interpreter, that the next water source was guide kept saying the too far away and that we could not reach it today even if we started early, we decided to cut the day's march in half--and so we set out after midday from EI Rio de San Clemente toward the northwest and brief plains with neither over pasturage rockless hi I Is nor trees, and of very loose soil; then, because night was approach aching and the terrain was not negotiable, and perilous dark, in the which pasturage a watch we named we in over stopped in EI it, Barranco. the box channel There was of an arroyo neither water nor it became necessary to keep the animals and have them herded together and so From the river up to here we traveled di night. rectly and wlthout,a path because, although there are several, they are those left by rson herds which come down to winter hereabouts. Today three leagues. all RESEARCH AND The now the INTERPRETATION party Rangley of Raven Park. left the Camp oilfields. G.Cleil Jacobs Rio San Clemente and traveled over what is Their description fits very closely the terrain -92- |
