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The Colorado River 
was Green, supposed to have been derived from a trapper of 
that name. Just when the term ‘ ‘ Colorado” was first applied to 
the lower river is not now known. It bore several names, but 
finally Colorado took first place because of its appropriateness. 
Both the walls and the water are usually red, though the name 
is undoubtedly derived from the colour of the water. Green 
River is frequently as red as any river could be. After a storm 
in the headwaters of Vermilion Creek I have seen the Green a 
positively bright vermilion. 
A Pai Ute Family at Home. 
Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U, S. Colo. Riv. Exp. 
The Arapahos were said to range into Brown’s Park; the 
Utes were all along the Wonsits Valley and below it on both 
sides of the river. Then came the Navajos, ranging up to the 
San Juan and above.^ On the north side, below the San Juan, 
were the various bands of Pai Utes, while on the south were the 
Puebloan tribes, with the Apaches, Suppais, Wallapais, etc., 
while still below came the Mohaves, Cocopas, and Yumas, 
with, on the Gila, the Pimas, Papagos, and Maricopas. The 
250,000 square miles of the basin were variously apportioned 
’ For notes on the distribution of tribes see the Seventh Ann. Rep. Bu. 
Ethnology; Wheeler's Report, vol. i. ; Report of Lieut. Ives, Works of H. H, 
Bancroft, and Garces, by Elliott Cones. 
