JOHN WESLEY POWELL IO5 



you a little air and sunshine ; " and he named the time when he 

 would call for me. He came at the time aj)pointed, and with 

 the aid of others — I was not able to walk witii my crutches — 

 assisted me into the buggy ; and thereafter, for days and weeks, 

 we traveled slowly over the best streets of the city. Gradually 

 the life seemed to flow back into my heart. Do you know that 

 during those weeks of tender love — all of a brother's love — I 

 bathed every day in the warm, gently-flowing streams of a 

 great mind. Then it was that I got a grand view of Powell the 

 tender, sympathetic man. 



By War Department order issued January 14, 1865, Major 

 Powell was honorably discharged, and thus was brought to a 

 close a military service which was conspicuous for achieve- 

 ments in the artillery branch and in engineering feats. He 

 returned to Detroit with his wife, and soon adjusted himself to 

 civil life and the pursuit of his scientific labors, which, with his 

 military services, secured him renown. 



The President said : 



In the summer of 1867, before the advent of transcontinental 

 railroads, Major Powell organized a party of naturalists and 

 students and took them to the mountain regions of Colorado 

 Territory ; and the next summer, 1868, he organized a second 

 expedition, for the purpose of pushing further into the canyon 

 country. In the spring of 1869 he organized the famous expe- 

 dition for exploring the canyons of the Green and Colorado 

 rivers. This undertaking has been happily characterized as of 

 " phenomenal boldness and its successful accomplishment a 

 dramatic triumph." This evening Dr. Charles R. Van Hise 

 will speak of him as an explorer. 



POW^ELL AS AN EXPLORER. 



Mr. Van Hise said : 



'It is an honor to be permitted to take part in this tribute to 

 the memory of one of the great American scientific men. In 

 such a tribute I am especially glad to join, for it was m}- privi- 

 lege to know and to love Major Powell. 



In the few minutes allotted to me to speak, I can not give an 



