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The Colorado River 
north line of New Mexico, and thence across the several tribu¬ 
taries to the head of the Dolores River, which they descended 
for eleven days. I am at a loss to exactly follow the route, 
not having been able to consult either the copy or the original 
of Escalante’s diary. The party made its way across Grand 
River, the Book Plateau, White River, and finally to the 
Green, called the San Buenaventura, which was forded, ap¬ 
parently near the foot of Split-Mountain Canyon. Here they 
killed one of the 
bisons which were 
numerous in the 
valley. Following 
the course of the 
river down some 
ten leagues, they 
went up the Uinta 
and finally crossed 
the Wasatch, com¬ 
ing down the west¬ 
ern side evidently 
by way of what 
is now known as 
Spanish Fork, to 
Utah Fake, then 
called by the na¬ 
tives Timpanogos. 
Here they heard 
Upper Waters of Rio Virgen. ^ greatei lake 
Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey. tO the nortll, but 
instead of seeking 
it they turned their course south-westerly in what they con¬ 
sidered the direction of Monterey through the Sevier River 
Valley, the Sevier being called the Santa Isabel, and kept 
down along the western edge of the High Plateaus. It 
being by this time the 7th of October, Escalante concludes 
that it will be impossible to reach Monterey before winter sets 
in and persuades his companions that the best thing to do is to 
strike for the Moki Towns. They cast lots to determine this, 
