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Show From the crest, the road (here quite passable) goes directly through the camp of San Angel. Researchers were W. L. Rusho, C. Gregory Crampton, and Jane Rusho who made the study on June 15-16, 1975. Note Navajo on Trai a possible marker: where the old I, the main east-west road today Temple across Road crosses the the Hurricane Cliffs in this area, the BLM has erected an elaborate historical marker commemora the Mormon road. This would also be a good place to mark the trai I of the Spaniards who opened the route a before the Mormons. ting century Maps consu I ted: AHD, r-.1ohave County, Sheet 3; AMS Grand Canyon October On the 18 18th we set out from San Angel toward the east after going half a league turned east by south for two leagues over spreading hi I Is and narrow valleys, wei I pastured but with a great deal of rock; and not finding water, we turned east by north for two more leagues, going up and down hi lis of a kind of rock which was very troublesome for the horse herds. There were five Indians peering at us from a short but high mesa; as we two, who were coming behind the companions, passed along its base, they spoke to us. When we turned toward where they were, four of them hfd themselves and only one stayed In sight. We realized the great fear they had; we could not persuade him to come down, and we went up on foot with plenty of trouble. At each step we took, as we came closer to him, he wanted to take off. We let him know that he did not have to be afraid, that we loved him like a son and wanted to talk with him. And so he waited for us, making a thousand gestures to show that he feared us very much. southeast, and, As climbed up to where he was, we embraced seating ourselves beside him we had the interpreter and the Laguna come Now composed, he said that the other up. four were hiding over yonder, that he would cal I them if we wished, so that we could see them. When we told him that we did, he laid his arrows and bow upon the ground, took the inter preter by the hand, and they went to fetch them. They came ove we talked for about an hour, and they told us that we already had water close at hand. We begged them to come along and show it to us, promising them a swatch of woolen cloth, and after much urging three of them consented to go with us. We went on with them, very much exhausted from thirst and hunger, for a league toward the southeast and, after going another to the south over a bad and very rocky route, we came to a juniper woods and an arroyo which harbored two large waterholes within its deep recesses. We drew out enough for ourselves, and brought over the horse herd which, for coming so thirsty, drained both pools. Here we decided to spend the night, naming the site San Samuel. Today six leagues. him, and soon as we on -150- |
