| Show How XV W 1 B Douglass U S Examiner of Surveys Discovered the Big Bridge ME people delight in reaching out I SlIE S for those things to 10 which they Uy are not entitled It H I is III their Idea hiel of oe a w spurn d I They The can ean ss H cure the public pat pal In no other way Of O course cou there ther can an only be a limited amount of o n f honor attached to the Ihl dl dIs covet cove covers y of or a s national curiosity and that small amount te le II w I worth quarrel quarrelIng Ing over 0 nevertheless ee when the honor holler can call be bf placed on un the nl worthy shoulders by b a few VI word It should hould be tone done d di spite the hl enmity of oC the th here Dean of o the state university has Lae h spent 1 l 14 years yar of or his hs hi life ure In the HI service of ot Itah llah people Ili III II ha has devoted the put past four yen years IK to tn toward ward m ant the tit th a collection cal of ot uKu u II I l Ii i and anti other data dala concerning the n lurk c Inhabitants In ten G of ot till this state elate The fhe result of ot his hl hI efforts effort have e l een accepted Bc by the th Utah buss given hint hat much In III n a I continuance of u his hill work ork Recent Un r rI re ft retorts I torts of W IV V R n U u ta e I 1 U H S examiner exam XIII examiner iner Inor of ot surveys survey have he keen been by 11 1 w that UI worthy wort worl by with w tt th Ih the sole kola Ie lu r pose of uC gathering under hi his name the die u covens that Dean nn hall baa made and anti for or himself the I credit due Ilu the university professor for work urk dune dote In Utah for lor Utah It I la to correct the false C Impression that Ihal the Douglass retorts reports would convey Y and am to 10 give trI Prof Itt be credit that thai t I is so Justly JulIy his hi that this Ibl article artl I Is written The Theauthor Theauthor author has haa ta been with Prof on an his h lat last throe Ih expedition I famil familiar tar lar with Uh his hI work cud and a also that of oC W SS 0 H In iii southern Utah dur during tog ing he tal at summon These Th words worda have 11 not lIt been Wr penned with wll h an ft Idea of o starting another alk Perry vt rn nw but hul II of 01 giving the public the Ih plain Islets huth that It may my Nits Judge for lor Itself twit P TO PINT I IN In J n IW 1 IV V 11 H 1 1111 Un the Ih hl in III tilte in II von sad and a re reth th the if e i of t Ian Dean m load i 01 l in n th Ih ammer of that hul th tb i hi i Ilyes life ii nee r ancient Ien in Hi Iii n a I Inlay bv ha act s t 1 I in ds M ii a 1 i u in ial 1 mi enl ent lit Its II in ut in III iff rit tItI II Ink 1 kill n heed head i i 0 K h Far tr and Jim Jhn cal car r i I ltd it Indian ii i 1 t Mk Mika as KU gull Ii U IS i i th the MM Nu S iJ wa as being belag don leu I l 1 i I I Ih lh h I u I 1 s a m amen n nI nj it I n Ii sal luiu au i i h n Ii tin th hr u li I if r Sit Nav ij I 14 Wilt III In t nn DOUg DOUglaas lass laas who h I is met I lucid haul f t i h n II i n wa l ot of thin h in Iu Ii h ut i I i s men melt He III ht deli t I It U the th bridge bl and ud rm rio pus ui s d the III entries I of Jim lot ini II Ih n summer flu a u 11 limit I th Ih i li It hid Iii 1 i m men Been n the th Km ah eio nn un Iu null II h I that In h hk l I iki lil hi Isle i oyei OtI t i It II fro n al II n IW in by II a Ci flute living mi Im th the edge of tin the e i l IiI al Ut last IMI IN I s I il 1 In InI i 1 il I lab Inti 1111 Hi lit NI tin lot I tit tin i IU ui I of t Ilu IIII in Hi UI il al l I Buda I sod ami I II all sh I ua If i liff II n u Ilse lh II It i n II i 0 r f vini III ii I i h ti 11 hd ui It n 11 I IJohn Inn no John ci 11 nil r IJ ii it I iii Hi II not Prot no nearer nar the bridge than tb tn the th 01 Ol jato late trading post poI sail and could OUk not find the ruins ruin even ton alter after Mr hail furnished him with an en of or Information concerning their location lAiL g reaching coaching Bluff City this y year ear learned that Prof Cummings p wa was 8 at III the head had of an u expedition In Inthe inthe the th he h wished to enter enl He lie U Ueler relayed eler his hi work six lx days duy In order ord that lie lla 11 t might telegraph the Information io to 0 and Issue lue orders ord to 10 have havethe haveth havethe the th itah i 1 JC II finni the th field fieldale lie ale glen even n went weilt lit xo CI cal fai i re K to that Prof Cum was ft ex nt with nut uI ft II I s 11 It H aa i hN hl hi opinion pin I that hat the Ih i r tin till i IMMIX I II l pl should l I hi i nil II u iti td il caul in 01 I in i t Idt lU 1 lee Ii I the ati oh in u d I r i eve i 1 j l 1 tin the II tin 1111 It 11 il it r Ins lu III v t n II i In to I ill th i Hi 1101 it i iIi Ii u I h F i m ni 1 u th II I of or 1 nix Mr Mrs M it NhIM had hd told U Uta a Cuni lUn toss th lei naj Iv 11 story of ur the he bridge bride g gr near in m At t that tin tiro tinh r she ahe h d n nol I t 1 ln iV 1 o s Its It IY 14 i t I I i hut but t I in i Mill ill III II th tit p I i IMi 1111 llon i Oiin it Il T 1 tI II I II un iii Ir t r I Mr II tin Ih i ill 11 t I I th I t I NI ah Ii It ji Hill ln i i Nt iI I II I I loll t 1 1 ti t a m i Hi tit In I j l Iu t 1 I t I 1 I b th III ii I Ii h 1 v i I 1 t h t I ti II i iII II i I I Id I h I I 1 I l I 1 r I 1 I h MI true ti t hue HIM h II i tn I it 1 I II Ir lien h en r i IM ii I n Ml r i i j g t I i I i m it I J r 7 I In the hopes hop of or meeting mUn Douglass Prof and his hi party Duty to leave Ilae for the bride 1 bridge on the morning of Aug 10 The of Sir Ir r Interpreter In and ami I head bead ad guide for lor forthe forthe the Itah people were fore limited and fur further further ther delay was war Impossible Two or of the Ih saddle addle horses horse had hd wandered away alii so that thet It Il wa wu 11 I t o clock ock cl ork before everything war M ready While eating a hasty ty lum lunch lunchtime h time the th party parly was waa Informed by tay an n Indian who oho hu had hod Just Jul arrived TIed at al 1 the post pen that come whale nile men were Oft om q It U wm was Douglass He Die n reached hed the store tore shortly before noon UNITE He H said that t he proposed to 10 visit the U then 1 n Ig i bridge Dean beams dimming cummings suggested tl tit it the two to t parries rU unite a 1 Hi 11 t hit it was quickly y accepted d by loy Douglass DougLa li I I s i agreed d I ti g go on that afternoon ml 1 ilia the I l P 1 horses horse 00 rested ted tl tI In sad Mill ISIS ill II met me at a il II tho rill cull t ihli Th rh ski I ua made iliad about aboul 4 ii Ik 1111 the th 1 12 Ili lust thU thUd t td err d i 11 s d i n II the thi I n I moral In d I I h i wilt It v eta i Id il tau Inn si I II II i 1 i dd I t il i iss issi I hen henIon Ion I I i M U UK l I I I I Ii I I I I II i i r h iI I i ii I IJ u J 1 1 n II IL s I II sI i K I 1 I r n I l I t tt IL ILI I 1 t I 1 l w r f tg K Kin It II I hii Il ii In pu JIul ail II III I in n Mi MiMi II I d t r t I I IJ ii ll I i iI Hi 11 i ical iu Mi cal Ii I I sir I t 11 I Ill u oo oo only ones one on he 10 knew of who h had actually lully a lone been n to tu the bridge When hn the lb rt Y reached the tho canyon canon In question It wa was I learned lerned that the young youn Plute Pluto bad had taken his hi h goat goate oat tut I upon the mesa pastures a aMI Mi Mr pushed on eu hoping to find the th bridge from the Information that hi his hili wife had secured lIt In her talks talk with smith Ith During Durin the th extremely e rough traveling that the party Pliny encountered the next da day both bolh the Piute with Douglass sill and I the Navajo In n our employ wished to 10 desert d It was ass only hi by subjecting the two tu Indians Indiana to much ridicule ul that Mr Kr r wa was w able to keep them Ib m Be Before fore tUle sire da daylight light the th morning Nash Kah ah i aught up with the expedition o ond and nd wa an fed ted at the Cummings stable He lie U had hd heard that was wait go goIng n Ing Mg 10 to the bridge and had come com on to t Join the th party on the strength I h of 01 hi his agreement with Mrs r the tta winter before to BRIDGE The bridge wa was Ra reached Just before noon the lb next nat day It lay In a net network network work ork of or box canyons through which It would have been n Impossible for on one not nol familiar with wIh the country to t hava ha haa gone one a I 1 personally pC was wa 11 la in tho the year rear ottI It h part parI of u the perk pack pa k train when heft the thet t dae was iii first seen esen n so that I do not notI i i I r i f sit t Night i fill 11 1 I 1 I I i Ki r fl i n idle it t 1 r hn ii j i I J I t rue n II Ii I III s lift beet beeth t tk h h k j 11 aI t I 1 during oooo 1 erg pa paI 1 I t e er t I V V X V v V t t ta r i iv 1 V V a 1 V V tl V t s V V V f V V W WY Wr V y V V 1 I V Y V I y V V V V y r V Y V y y V y Y Y y Y 1 y y y V 1 1 f V V V V y Vy Y V 1 Y f I f Y v i yi hi m I ti m 11 t 1 x If r bt u r r er r 1 y L r G scar J u 4 err r 5 r r r r irr r r J uJ r rr JJ r r rY 7 r r r r r r r rr r w e err v r w r rr rn r rr PARTY AT THE BIG BIO BRIDGE Donald and Nell II Judd Sri r It tin h sue III in i 11 i lit ll 11 nt lit tin till I 1 sire r ram u I f r rl i IV r 1 t 1 lr iu s Mi h d John 11 tips h tIll rill rc Hit 11 l null I Ilour H a ma the entire morning and that the own ont owner of ot the horse he ht was wa riding had com complained e complained OI to 10 another member of ot his hi bl party that the th old od man would woud kill the UIt little mare If It he be had to tu ride tide her much farther at NI that gait It The next morning Douglass meas measured the bridge 11 anti and 1 said Mid that thaI be did not want the Utah people to ue use hi bl hie measurements measurement Prof I rot and hi hl party left Iet the arch a h about 10 clock oli ti k kleaving leaving hi hb Navajo a with Douglass Dou This Indian knew the all loe loca loea location tion of the th canyon on which contain 1 t the th cliff dire dwellings the H surveyor hail had ha failed to find the fall sll before IM fu and nd also what trail trails led to that Ihal canyon lanyon alln from ruin rom the th mountain Inasmuch a as I wa W was familiar with Ith Bega qa ega ian canyon on and knew the Ih ruins ruin Dougl Dou ss wa was looking foi o I remained also 1 at t Dean Ilan I en Cum ing wish In n order orde that the surveyor might be he successful In his hI work The Navajo quit q ull the tho morning morn In after aNer the party had left lett and caught hl up with them before they reached Plute canyon ac Yon nyon n nIre We Ire remained rma In I at III the bridge two more noes I days day da On the the Ih way out the Douglass Dougla Indian said Hid that he did dd not lIot know the trail trails therefore another flute Plute was wan a en engaged ento lu to load lead the party tart across the lb mess mesa m to the Ibe he head hed of ul dge canyon nyon While attempting to 10 gather ath Information ion tion concerning the Ih several path paths that the two t wu Indian s were 1 1 Y pain pae painIng Ing I nit In a cut tut ut across country Jim told tol me ute that he e knew alp all 11 the trails trail In that pert part of the country that he had hd been over 11 them thom many times U When hn I asked him why hy he could not dad the y from flute canyon to the head of the Mega a he merely mely laughed lau and refund tu to answer WITH WIh AM EVJeN DAYS DAY DAYI DA DAYSI I w Will Douglass Do seven saven days tilt from Irom the time alme the two Iwo expedition parted d at aI the bridge At Al I Professor i s wish wh I 1 gul guided 1 0 directly to 10 eel the th il welling dwelling In n one of or the smaller ian can cantone n nOil tone ons Oil I aka drew a map of the Sega with It II Its main mail branch locating halting U all a alite the lite ruIn that we had lad found Including the lb duelling 1 that white whit man mn had never neyr ern previous to tu II it Ile dlo cry ery PI b by IMan I an and nd his hi part party partI 1 I further Douglas Dou with a map mil p ho h I nil the I h best camping lamping places place marking th the sprints sad and tanks tank In hi which wat uld be b found foun and I those nose places Ial whets when be 01 he h could find grass for lor lorI hi iii I horses hone Knowing Knon that Ihal our party part wa ass wall walling ing Ind In for or me II m I left led Douglass Douat at t the I Keel KeetS leel el ruin oa on the morning of 01 Aut Aug Auta Au a U and heal head packer Ian Han Pes kl kin rods rode the M miles null nil in to I that I day clay We W let lilt our horse i ret rest ih next nelll day clay and an started for or orho home ho r c i t the lea morning of the lite Mth MIla ar are arriving r riving 11 at t I Slug aha City the t afternoon 1 of the th t h rib cad and reaching Malt Sall t lAke nept J J h has ha been heu a hurried account of If the I tit h t n ng rags If of 01 the party part during durin the Iha It t n which hh Dins wa aa as In Inthe inthe the Ih tt h I i II I I r Oft ell to tn Dean Dea y k Itt the lime h Itah lah Hl lort al sl society It i 1 i i I i 1 bit hie III lor acv Jim Jhn with 1 a avoid aId agold void gold Id m III I r gulding them Ih to t the Ih bridge I k w ni Ie i laugh I In regard lo Io the t t I r f fini Itah I 1 d I t I g I t the Hie Ih benent of 01 hi h his guide guMe HI M li It bus slid mid their i lass nl ton lOn on nU with IU tit U i of 0 UI unes enough nouh has h been Men Mid Hid when 1 the Ih truth linn has h lawn been II wild Ill W H P U Ii would Ii h hale v returned d lu to Blurt Bluff lug flit Ih a II MI ond I II ti I um nn without sillier thin hi high i nf I f nil ell natural bridges bridge nr r th the t tan n SI lisp ii I lull tuu laid It 11 Iti ItI i not it been I i fist t Ihu rho Ih U of Prof rt NEIL M ur O |
