Show interesting ring JOURNEY er description of the gobol eal call trip UT mr utah july 11 1887 deseret news ut letter gave a short account ideological do logical trip as far as pipe I 1 from this place we had a e ride over a desert to the a mountains the upper strata a a are very rich la in fossil shells bf f them almost perfect mostly dallal imal known as the brachiopod aw w crinoids crin or stone lilies sege family rendered us ns stance tance brother george guid iju As far as demott park J JW W p large gramch twenty miles iles from the grand K the buckskin mountains y are quite bite level covered with besof f vine pine and quaking asp amont among time small lakes and many pieces dew land of various sizes and i making it truly a XA NATURAL PARK dutiful than an artificial one this time our way seemed dot t only to reach the cation canon but town n into it over powells trail cles of no small size now a ap we had understood that tae the lines es could be found at demott S did not secure one at kanab were erd men working at the park kl been with maj powell while i making his trail into the grand bout about seven berrs ago f place on this side of the A TIB ass which men had bad reached the SS e were anxious not only tol w H r the bank but also to get to tah 1 I F however h however we could not se cure sieps of any white men as guide as U acey thought it would be no for use ewa t to go down that trail them went there two raol the trail was made and idu Wt 11 th haiby b y reason of its being so ba ea out it would have to be IOU ran ore being ing anyway y ay passable hn aa yan the indian tie he knowingly 4 saying me no savvy powell fa mit atrall trail under anese clr sta no bo wonder some of the aty ass dou d our being aole to reach SS crift bat having come miles milea THE GRANDEST of its kind on earth and as we could here pass over aad examine a section of our earths crust from to feet in thickness we were determined ter tr mined to go it if it were possible A raoof ray of hope burst through the daik clouds ou on our horizon when the good man mania ia chame of demott park r 11 said one of his men could go alon gand take care of our animals and another WILD man isaac brown of draper who cooked for powell while at this place iaea could guide us through the famous wild oat cat cablon mr brown took us to within five miles of a mountain called the saddle from which powells ell trail strail starts down after warning us impressively of the magnitude of the task before us and some of the dangers in our path those of heat scarcity of water and difficulty in finding the trail being the greatest he reluctantly left us and in a very thoughtful mood we unburdened our pack animals and retired for the ibe nix night il t next ext morning june 16 at 7 a in I 1 t the h e party started out on foot each man ca carrying r ry ng as few things as possible S seven e ve slap jacks as many pounds of flour two small tin cans of butter and two canteens of water made up our store of provisions had no bedding not even our coats carried two ropes two hammers one pistol one opera glass and one cup and plate at 11 a in after four hours of heavy climbing we sat down in the saddle richt at the JUMP OFF into the n mighty gorge and yet we were fifteen miles by trail irow the river for fifty miles north about to 10 lees kerry ferry the grand canon callon was exposed to view looking like a huge obige fissure in the earths crust the apparent entrance to the bottomless pit aar supply of water was growing smal smaller 1 er by degrees and beautifully lully less jess it was about 15 miles to water to go back or to go ahead so for the first time lu ju our lives we were put on rations three spoonfuls of water to tile the man every time the company wanted a drink corporations it is said have no souls and if this was not true of our company com some at least thought it never got thirsty we started along the trail wind ing in into the dizzy depths of I 1 I 1 awful 1 chasm but the tr a ahng ng covered with land slides and wa timber in places aces we soon lost WWI a steep si side detill hill as we stood below ligh high ledge and at the top of a higher iff finding the path again it was difficult to collect our party as each shout produced three or four jumbled though loud echoes picking our way along the zi zigzag mul trail we soon came to is JACKS LADDER here the trail is built almost like the rounds in a ladder in a crevice between two cliffs about feet high at the toot foot of the ladder gladder ls la ibe ahe bones of two of powells pack animals bleaching in the sun ever since they fell over the precipice A number of tourists have gone as far as the ladder and turned back no one h have ave ing gone over it for five years but round after round we descended and perhaps would hav shuddered at times had we not then been panting under toe the fierce rays of an arizona sun which had double power in that steep box canon an appropriate name if sweat were prefixed we were now over the worst of the road so ao with renewed vigor and determination we pushed on though suffering for water providentially we suon soon disco discovered vereda a nice spring gushing from a cliff so gladly throwing out thu the remaining warm water from our cia canteens teens we filled them again and enjoyed a rest at this welcome eight or ten miles still before us and having entirely lost the trail we followed the wash made by the floods sometimes going down ten feet at a jump rapidly descending deeper and deeper the perpendicular walls rising higher soon we heard the roar of the colorado and in a short time sat on Us its banks testing the quality of we the turbid rushing waters of this MIGHTY STREAM we enjoyed enjoyed the bathing very much but the treacherous and shifting sand bars made it dan dangerous danger gerotis oas the river here is swift and deep near a quarter of a mile in width having no bedding we worked ourselves into the sand as some of the yava pat pai indians doand do and stopped there all night with out very trie perpendicular walls of the river are h here ae re feet high and we estimated that it is from to feet from the water to the top of the saddle think of such a cadion and over miles long between which we passed trees shrubs and flowers common to every climate from temperate to semitropical semi tropical region of the eose ose family here grows twenty feet high and M nine inches in diameter the thin end makes a good cane tough and light the last four miles before reaching the river we followed a beautiful stream of clear water which the professor thought was waa diamond fork described by powell at the mouth of this creek are four or five acres efland of land quite level from the ch dins effs to the river there is a very lar large e whirlpool whirl pc pool 01 j just ast here and on the badts banks we found ancient pottery made by the so the flutes told us was there an indian village here at one time or did the white man bring these spec specimens lineus of pottery to this lonely place here we wish for the LANGUAGE OP OF ANGELS to adequately and properly describe the grandeurs grandeury gran deurs of tais this mighty canoni the cups ot of whose walls seem to unite with the blue of the firmament above A whole article could be written on the formations which we saw in in the immense thickness of cross here exposed at the top the rock it rich in fossil shells the stra stratum dext below Is sandstone limestone comes Inthe in the next place then quartzite and then we found dog toot spar beautiful specimens of calcite some in limestone and some in sandstone while the sandstone faced with quartz crystals resembled plates of diamonds several varieties of chalcedony and sandstone were also found three miles from thy river a massive dyke of rock highle charged with iron oxide has been forced through the strata bend iba aag and contorting them considerably near here are several stra strata ta of clay making a beautiful picture by their variety and distinctness of colors olor s white yellow brown black and green As we expected the springs down so far in the earth are quite warm though hough the water is good there are several SLENDER COLUMNS OP OF ROCK BOCK standing up many hundreds of feet fitting though lonely monuments to the stillness and desolation which reign here forever still the mighty colorado is at work eroding and chiseling chi down its banks which often fall in bringing millions of tons of rock to be gradually g r disintegrated and borne away a w ay by the river to the ocean wild and wide while in the canyon we bad to mix our bread in the sick sack and bake it on hot rocks at ac 5 30 am on the we started from the i liver iver for camp which we reached at a 8 p in without serious accident W we might state that while going up a crevice where he had to hold on with both hands bands and feet one man saw to his ireat great annoyance a large hornet buzzing about uncomfortably fort ably near and then alighting on I 1 bis cheek oh ob what a look that hornet got I 1 after walking about leisurely and eating the camphor ice put on tor for sunburn he departed quietly leaving a mental sufferer only to continue a toilsome climb unmolested we said two of powells pack animals were killed while going down the trail the skull of one of them can be seen in n prof balmages Tal mages cabinet which by the way is one of the abe finest and most complete in the west the professor makes geology very interesting te especially litho vert egy for besides his wide and accurate knowledge of the subject and the striking observations and eions based on his many geological trips into various parts of the united states he places in the habad of the student a specimen of nearly every lock he is required to study AFTER KILLING A DEER in the buckskin mountains we turned our I 1 laces a ces toward home where we spent the fourth having been absent six weeks and traveled over 1100 miles did space permit we would mention the points of interest from kanab through tigh panguitch and circle valleys Valley ij marys mary vale the sevier and abd Sau pete like our beloved instructor tor is pursuing the true method ot teaching using nature as the text book if we learned anything on this trip it was to see more clearly and appreciate more keenly the grand crand lessons in the stream of truth flowing as an undercurrent these words of the immortal bard and this one life exempt from public haunt finds tongues in trees books in running brooks sermons in stones and good in j everything S H ALLEN |