﻿RHODA] 
  THE 
  SOUTHEASTERN 
  DISTRICT. 
  311 
  

  

  the 
  south 
  to 
  avoid 
  the 
  great 
  promontorj'^ 
  of 
  Bristol 
  Head. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  

   flat 
  places 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  old 
  river-beds, 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  

   present 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  river 
  has 
  often 
  shifted 
  its 
  

   course, 
  and 
  is 
  even 
  now 
  changing 
  continually. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  we 
  

   found 
  large 
  bowlders 
  of 
  quartzite 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  brought 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  and 
  deposited 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  edge 
  of 
  Antelope 
  Park 
  

   900 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  river. 
  These 
  are 
  now 
  over 
  40 
  miles 
  distant 
  in 
  a 
  

   straight 
  line 
  from 
  their 
  point 
  of 
  starting. 
  This, 
  however, 
  can 
  scarcely 
  

   be 
  accounted 
  for 
  by 
  supposing 
  the 
  stones 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  transported 
  by 
  

   water. 
  These 
  transfers 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  glacial 
  or 
  

   other 
  agencies. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  bend 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  south 
  of 
  Bristol 
  Head 
  two 
  large 
  creeks 
  enter 
  

   from 
  the 
  mountains 
  south. 
  These 
  streams 
  are 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  

   the 
  tfastern 
  one 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  (if 
  four 
  distinct 
  branches. 
  One 
  enters 
  near 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  from 
  the 
  low 
  mountains 
  to 
  the 
  east. 
  This 
  runs 
  the 
  least 
  

   amount 
  of 
  water 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  branches, 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  drain 
  any 
  high 
  

   country. 
  The 
  next 
  one 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  larger, 
  and 
  comes 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  west, 
  

   and 
  drains 
  the 
  super-timber 
  line 
  plateau, 
  on 
  which 
  station 
  30 
  is 
  situated. 
  

   The 
  next 
  tributary, 
  a 
  still 
  larger 
  one, 
  enters 
  irora 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  drains 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  region 
  east 
  of 
  station 
  28. 
  The 
  main 
  stream 
  heads 
  

   west 
  of 
  station 
  28. 
  It 
  was 
  on 
  this, 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  tributary, 
  that 
  we 
  camped. 
  Rain 
  had 
  commenced 
  

   falling 
  quite 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  day, 
  and 
  now 
  it 
  was 
  coming 
  down 
  steadily. 
  

   The 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  storm 
  continued, 
  and 
  the 
  next, 
  till 
  the 
  little 
  stream 
  of 
  

   pure 
  mountain 
  water, 
  near 
  our 
  camp, 
  was 
  changed 
  into 
  a 
  raging 
  muddy 
  

   torrent, 
  perfectly 
  impassable 
  except 
  at 
  great 
  intervals. 
  Having 
  passed 
  

   a 
  mile 
  or 
  two 
  below 
  camp 
  some 
  wonderful 
  natural 
  monuments, 
  we 
  took 
  

   advantage 
  of 
  the 
  storm 
  to 
  climb 
  through 
  among 
  them 
  and 
  examine 
  

   them. 
  The 
  number, 
  variety, 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  these 
  natural 
  carvings 
  were 
  

   well 
  worth 
  the 
  study, 
  and 
  we 
  only 
  regretted 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Jackson 
  could 
  not 
  

   be 
  there 
  to 
  photograph 
  them. 
  The 
  monuments 
  were 
  of 
  all 
  heights, 
  

   sizes, 
  and 
  shapes. 
  Many 
  were 
  300 
  to 
  400 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  a 
  thickness 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  feet, 
  while 
  others 
  were 
  mere 
  pigmies. 
  All 
  were 
  

   either 
  capped 
  with 
  large 
  stones 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  kind 
  from 
  the 
  mass 
  of 
  

   the 
  column 
  or 
  bore 
  marks 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  once 
  so 
  capped. 
  In 
  fact 
  

   great 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  hard, 
  dark-colored 
  bowlders 
  lay 
  scattered 
  about 
  

   below, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  fallen 
  from 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  columns. 
  In 
  some 
  

   cases 
  we 
  noticed 
  rocks 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  color, 
  and, 
  apparently, 
  very 
  hard, 
  

   weighing 
  many 
  tons, 
  which 
  rested 
  on 
  a 
  pillar 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  in 
  

   height, 
  when 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  column 
  sustaining 
  the 
  great 
  weight 
  had 
  no 
  

   greater 
  diameter 
  than 
  one 
  foot. 
  Some 
  stones 
  resting 
  on 
  low 
  pedestals 
  

   which 
  we 
  could 
  reach 
  were 
  balanced 
  so 
  delicately 
  that 
  a 
  touch 
  of 
  the 
  

   hand 
  would 
  move 
  them 
  and 
  a 
  push 
  would 
  throw 
  them 
  down, 
  although 
  

   their 
  weight 
  was 
  very 
  considerable. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  a 
  second 
  short 
  

   pedestal 
  rested 
  on 
  the 
  capping-stone, 
  while 
  this 
  again 
  was 
  capped 
  off 
  

   with 
  a 
  bowlder. 
  The 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  column 
  were 
  composed 
  of 
  conglom- 
  

   erate 
  of 
  a 
  reddish 
  color, 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  gravel 
  cemented 
  together 
  very 
  

   firmly. 
  The 
  cap[)ing 
  stones 
  were 
  of 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  kind 
  of 
  rock. 
  

   If 
  you 
  consider 
  that 
  these 
  cap-stones 
  varied 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  pounds 
  

   weight 
  to 
  20 
  tons 
  or 
  more, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  columns 
  ranged 
  in 
  height 
  from 
  a 
  

   few 
  feet 
  to 
  300 
  or 
  400 
  feet, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  massed 
  together 
  so 
  thickly 
  

   that 
  we 
  could 
  scarcely 
  find 
  our 
  way 
  among 
  them, 
  joa 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

   form 
  some 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  strange 
  scene 
  presented. 
  The 
  general 
  plan 
  

   of 
  the 
  arrangement 
  was 
  this: 
  The 
  area 
  covered 
  was 
  probably 
  half 
  a 
  

   mile 
  long 
  up 
  the 
  stream 
  and 
  several 
  hundred 
  yards 
  wide. 
  The 
  ridge 
  of 
  

   which 
  these 
  formed 
  a 
  part 
  commences 
  at 
  station 
  28, 
  and 
  taking 
  a 
  gen- 
  

  

  