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Show that we southern Vega We halted by its they cannot cross without swimming. the site La led cal edge about a mile from the ford; we saw de Santa Cruz. considered long-time resident of Jensen, we its possibi lity that the river has changed some of the known crossings after leaving 1776. course since However, in the many gyrations of the river ancient Indian crossing at the than other ford no Mountain possible Split de the northwest corner of these meanderinqs wi I I fit the very specific With the aid of Demar Dudley, and the in the Chavez edition of the diary! of on the north, of the very near to a chain west on hoback the,side If hue. I low a of others and ye bluffs of loose dirt, some I ead-co I ored of cifically there and only there at the traditionally assigned place meet! Is I hi and gray do the hogback and the chain of yel low scription so clearly f' translated ••• sma lies I I Spe crossing, - of the year, the water wi I I not reach the shoul of ders of a mount. Finally, if one totals the distance from the camp south through the meadow to and ford the across (west), September 13-16, the dis the crossing of Brush Creek, it amounts to approximately 9 league, other on As Creek. tance assigned by Escalante to the crossing of Brush so i n a I then he ch wh i distance he ass i gns a "m i I elf to a short occas ions, seems he it This more. or a of league cludes in another longer measurement Moreover, has in the fall done here. River In the memory of residents, an extensive flood of the Green not its but traditional the of dimensions crossing the in' 1917 altered been site. For this reason the travels of the day of September 16 have and directions as given, possible plotted on area maps, using the compass These were followed alternatives to the crossing of Brush and Ash ley creeks. the traditional one and by several visits to the only two possible sites, convinced that only the We are east. another some two to three miles to the there is even evidence bank west the On test. the traditional site wi I I stand banks and heading tho cut trail clay through of a wei I-used (and long-used) south. The September 16 Route ancient channel of the Green River, Leaving a cottonwood grove near an a northwestern bend of the the trai I passed to a gravel bar just south of hil low Is, and here crossed over river tucked tightly against gray and yel It is an the clay banks. in a break in a westerly direction and up through 1917. in flood river a disturbed by ancient Indian crossing, the tra i I crossed Brush Creek much Keep i ng to the r l ver meadows from Dinosaur National Monument, and then veered to as does the highway lower yel low hi I Is of Sunshine Bench and the southwest, rising to the Creek. then dropping into the meadows of Ashley From here it took off to the in the S. Highway 40 half mi les west of Jensen. the U. south-southwest, vicinity It then of the ascended -101- dogleg probably crossing some shal low three and a draws and soft |
