Show exploitation OF TXIE to tor toi ORADO loran 0 FINISHED MAJOR majon J IV POWELL chief of the colorado river biver exploring expedition accompanied by his J gr brother grothier othier captain W H arrived in alhia hla hia city last ev ening evening ha having ving I 1 performed his task and made a complete exploration of the path pursued by that stream after all that hasteen has teen published about this expedition and s loss according to the lying of risdon Uis don ddn etwas it was with feelings 0 oc pleasure that we met the major in la the enjoyment of excellent health after having made his adventurous and hazardous descent of bf this remarkable river driver he appears to have endured the fatigues and anxieties of the trip remarkably well there are but few men who have the opportunity in this life of learning what the world think of them after they are supposed to be dead major powell poleu is one of those few though Ris Bis dons statement was uti hlikly uli kly kiy contradicted by mrs powell still there was a feeling of widespread wide spread anxiety on the subject throughout the country and many regrets were expressed pre ased before the contradiction came to vand hand at the loss of df so valuable a life as his together gith with du logies eulogies to his memory we gb gathered from his conversation in which we ere very niu ch interest edia di faw af the his J jo u rne y which we a lay moie before our rea lew neade reade dere dera reto to whom everything every thing connected with the Col coi bradd river U interesting after the accident to the e boat an account of which has alread already Y appeared in our columns the party performed 1 ii land journey of about thirty miles to the indian agency where after obtaining three sacks of flour and abd other supplies supplier they again started down tb river passing through a earlon carion which entire abonce absence of vegetation they named the canon callon of desolation L and had a pleasant trip until they reach ed the junction of green graen and gram gran rivers U upon p on leaving the junction 0 green and grand they entered cata raef canion canlon BO so called from being billeri nil fil ledi leri with cataracts the latter being BO so no nu lazrous that the average distance bel lei le te i i tween them is not mote moie more than halt half a mile from a point fifty miles belov below the junction of grand Grandi and ind green riven rivers the carlon carion is broken by a lateral vallel coming in from the southeast south east on leaving cataract the party entered a cation canion about twelve miles long which they named narrow canlon callon at the foot of which they found a very dirty stream upon which some of the men bestowed the euphonious name ef et f ivirty dirty devil creek from this creek they entered mound canion callon the side sides of which are composed of beautiful mounds of orange colored sandstones which had been formed by the theo erosion of the water in this canion callon they continued to the mouth of the ban san juan another dirty stream running in from alib the west leaving g the san juan they entered monument catlon cation containing many monuments of red led sandstone formed b by y the same game agencies as the mounds of or red sandstone mounds in the other canion carlon they vhey next reached th the tho 0 paria faila or ar elk river from there to the mouth of the little colorado the party passed through marble callon so named because the rocks forming the sides bides of the cannon cablon consist of variegated marble white slate gray cream colored pink purple and chocolate beautifully p polished olisher by the action of tle the the waves probably no finer marble can be found in the world than in this canion cannon from the little colorado the region for about ten miles has been disturbed by igneous agencies lava being scattered over the rocks showing at some period the outburst of a volcano the location of which they were unable to discover leaving this region they entered the grand canion callon of the colorado which makes three great benusto the south and three corresponding bends to the north swinging around to the mouth of the virgen its general course being west the distance to the mouth of the virgen river in a direct line is about miles but by the river owing to the sinuosity of its course nearly the walls of f the grand callon canion of the colorado have a granite base the floor of the river being granite and they are surmounted by marbie marble cilnis cliffs the granite base varies from a few to feet in hight above the granite base tower marble walls to the hight of 2600 2500 feet this canion extends to spanish valley about forty miles from the mouth of the Virg enand the party were upwards of three weeks in traveling it the country throughout the entire length of the river traversed by i major powell is rocky and character char characterized acte prized by an almost entire absence of timber there is no country on its banks susceptible of settlement the peculiar color of the colorado from froba which its ua name pame ari arl arises 1 ses is owing to the washing of the red sandstone forming Mound and monument callous oaf Caf ions but the water in many places varies being gray green or red according to the color of t the he rocks in the vicinity the first human beings they saw on their journey after leaving the indian Age agency dici fici was about six miles from the mouth of the virgen where they saw three indians at tle the the mouth of the virgen they met with brother joseph T 0 s eph asey and sons who were fish ing in Fro from nithe the mo mouth of the virgen major malor powell sent an indian to lo st thomas for his mail matter and upon the news of the arrival of the party being made known there bishop leithead and bro andrew gibbons went down taking ing ini mons blons and flour and other necessaries for their use the men and boats were sentry sent bent by major powell from the mouth of the virgen down to fort mohave and he land and his brother captain W H powell came to st thomas Thoma with bishop leithead who furnished them the Pec necessary essary animals to ove overtake otake bro henry who had started northward with a four mule team which they did by traveling all night they came en cu with mth wm hina to tula taia city p the men who left the expedition who it is supposed have since been killed by indians separated from the party when about forty miles above the foot loot of the grand canon canlon of the colora do they left because the cataracts ahead were in their opinion too dangerous to descend on making their descent however they were found not to be aa as bad as had been anticipated two miles below encountered another and worse series of rapids and falls which aa as the major state states were run by accident and made fafel safely thence to the mouth of the virgen they had smooth sailing and no more difficulty major and captain powell both wish us to express their gratitude to the citi elti zens zena for the many acts of kindness of which they have been the recipients from the time they landed at the mouth of the virgen until reaching this city speaking of the fruit generously sup plied the major says that at the mouth of the virgen they had melons when they reached beaver dam to the melons peaches were added at st george they were regaled with melons peaches and grapes and at fillmore they had melons p aches grapes and appi appl alpus s all of the very best flavor and quality 1 |