108 - COLORADO PLATEAU, NEAR BIG CANON—A NIGHT IN THE CANON. 
, effectually cuttmg” off ‘the~communication... Leaving -us to devise means 
stting ack | lie. ran tothe. bend’ to. explore. . The bottom of » ‘the cafion had been 
reached. He found.-that hee awas at the-edge of a Sepa ten: or. fifteen yeres: wide, fringed with 
onwood il _The walls. of. the cafi id. out for a b , leaving room 
w belt of Dotto ind, on which were fields of corn. and a few v scattered huts. 
found. ledge. where one could: 1 clamber alittle away up the wall, and we 
ig 1e" -of thie le ¥ river.was raaile: as. large: as. the Gila at low water, and, 
with. xte] ption of that stream, the most important. tributary. of the. Colorado between its 
mouth and ‘our position: The canon Mr. -Egloffstein saw could: not be. followed far; there were 
ist He. perceived, however, that he evas very near to its mouth. though 
t greater altitude, and an Indian painted out. the exact spot where it 
the Rio Colorado. . 
= r much: from the pss in a appearance. They were 
or respectable. . - It is probable that, all told, ‘they do not number 
s. One of them accompanied: Mr. Egloffstein to the foot of the 
ith us to camp, but when he saw the broken ladder 
not appear otherwise to concern him. There must 
the use. of the ladder had evidently been 
‘ Pet two. Bor Zbreaking his node 
and fastened | the strap around his 
i ats. and rendered great assistance 
plish« d. We invited the Indian to 
declined. - ‘The examination being 
| expected to be back before night, 
vercoats An hour or two earlier, finding that 
: were directed to ios and tell those who 
ale, in ee to get out of the cafion 
made in coming down over the rocks, 
ks. would have rendered it easy 
