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Show UO EXPLORATION 01!' TilE OAN"ONS OF THE COLORADO. We are some distance in advance of the larger boats, the river is rough and swift, and wo are unable to land, but cling to the boat, and are carried .down stream, over another rapid. 'l'he men in tho boats above see our trouble, but they are caught in whirlpools, and arc spinning about in eddies, and it seems a long. time before they come to onr relief. At last they do come ; ow· boat is turnecl right side np, bailed out; tho oars, which fortur.mtely have floated along in company with us, are gathered up, and on we go, without oven landing. Soon after the accident tho clouds break away, and we have sunshine . . agntn. Soon we find a little beach, with just room enough to land. Ilero we camp, but thoro is no wood. Across tho river, and a little way above, we see some dt:ift wood lodged in tho rocks. So we bring two boat loads over, build a hugo fire, and spread ev~rything to dry. It is the first cheerful night we have had for a week; a warm, drying fire in the midst of the camp, and a few bright stan; in our patch of heavens overhead. August 20.-The characteristics of the cafion change this morning. The river is broader, tho walls more sloping, and composed of black slates, that stand on edge. These nearly vertical slates are washed out in placesthat i , the softer bods are washed out between the harder, which are left standing. In tlus way, curiom; little alcoves arc formed, in which are quiet bays of water, but on a much smaller scale than the great bays and buttresses of Marble Canon. '.l'he river is still rapid, and we stop to let . down with lines several times, but make greater progress as we run ten miles. We camp on the right.bank. Ilere, on a terrace of trap, we discover another group of ruins 'rhere was evidently quite a village on this rock. Again we find m('aling stones, and much broken pottery, and up in a little natural shelf in the rock, back of tho ruins, we find a globular basket, that would hold perhaps a third of a bushel. It is badly broken, and, as I attempt to take it up, it falls to pieces. There are many beautiful flint chips, as if this had been the home of. an old arrow maker. August 2.1.-We start early this morning, cheered by the prospect of a fine day, and encouraged, also, by the good run made yesterday. A quarter J•'il-{urO :10.-Mu'-av Cuflon, n. sido gorgo. |
