CHAPTER X 
Powell’s Second Attack on the Colorado—-Green River City—Red Canyon and a 
Capsize—The Grave of Hook—The Gate of Lodore—Cliff of the Harp— 
Triplet Falls and Hell’s Half-Mile—A Rest in Echo Park. 
T hough Powell had demonstrated the possibility of pass¬ 
ing alive through the thousand-mile stretch of canyons 
on the Green and Colorado, the scientific results of his hazard¬ 
ous voyage were not what he had desired. Owing to the 
numerous disasters many of the instruments had been lost, 
and he had been prevented by this, as well as by other circum¬ 
stances, from fully accomplishing his intention. On this ac¬ 
count he concluded to continue his labours in this direction, 
and determined to make another descent if he could secure 
the pecuniary aid of the Government. His application was 
favourably considered, as it certainly deserved to be, and Con¬ 
gress appropriated a sum for a second expedition that should 
also examine the adjacent country for a distance of twelve 
miles on each side of the river. To insure certainty of food 
supplies for the continuance of the work, Powell visited the 
region in 1870 for the purpose of examining the feasibility of 
having rations taken in by pack-trains at several points. He 
concluded this could be done at the mouth of the Uinta River, 
at the mouth of the Dirty Devil, at the Ute Ford or Crossing 
of the Fathers, and at the mouth of the Paria, where he ex¬ 
pected to retire from the river for the winter, to conduct 
explorations in the surrounding mountains. It was on this 
occasion that he went to the Uinkaret Mountains (September, 
1870) and investigated the cause of the disappearance of the 
