CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
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The Secret of the Gulf—Ulloa, 1539, One of the Captains of Cortes, Almost 
Solves it, but Turns Back without Discovering—Alar9on, 1540, Con¬ 
quers ............. I 
CHAPTER II 
The Unknown River—Alar9on Ascends it Eighty-five Leagues and Names 
it the Rio de Buena Guia—Melchior Diaz Arrives at its Banks Later 
and Calls it the Rio del Tizon—Cardenas Discovers the Grand Canyon. 17 
CHAPTER III 
The Grand Canyon—Character of the Colorado River—The Water-Gods ; 
Erosion and Corrasion—The Natives and their Highways—The “ Green 
River Valley” of the Old Trappers—The Strange Vegetation and Some 
Singular Animals ........... 36 
CHAPTER IV 
Onate, 1604, Crosses Arizona to the Colorado—A Remarkable Ancient Ruin 
Discovered by Padre Kino, 1694—Padre Garces Sees the Grand Canyon 
and Visits Oraibi, 1776—The Great Entrada of Padre Escalante across 
Green River to Utah Lake, 1776—Death of Garces Ends the Entrada 
Period, 1781 ............ 76 
CHAPTER V 
Breaking the Wilderness—Wanderings of the Trappers and P'ur Traders— 
General Ashley in Green River Valley, 1824—Pattie along the Grand 
Canyon, 1826—Lieutenant Hardy, R.N., in a Schooner on the Lower 
Colorado, 1826—-Jedediah Smith, Salt Lake to San Gabriel, 1826—Pattie 
on the Lower Colorado in Canoes, 1827-28 ...... 106 
CHAPTER VI 
Fremont, the Pathfinder-—Ownership of the Colorado—The Road of the 
Gold Seekers—First United States Military Post, 1849—Steam Naviga¬ 
tion—Captain Johnson Goes to the Head of Black Canyon . . .133 
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