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to Callville, the exploration of the Colorado was now com¬ 
plete. There was no part of it unknown; and Powell’s feat in 
descending through the long series of difficult canyons stands 
unrivalled in the annals of exploration on this continent. 
“The relief from danger and the joy of success are great,” he 
writes. “Ever before us has been an unknown danger, heavier 
Brother Beider’s — Virgen City. 
A typical frontier Mormon home. 
Photograph by U. S. Geol. Survey. 
than immediate peril. Every waking hour passed in the Grand 
Canyon has been one of toil.” His chief concern now was the 
fate of the men who had deserted him, but this was not revealed 
till the next year. Had they remained with the others, they 
probably would have gone safely through, but had they died, 
it would have been properly and gloriously, in the battle with 
