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The Colorado River 
and there evidences of crossings were noticed, for it was in 
this valley that Gunnison went over on the trip that proved 
fatal to him, and here for years the Old Spanish Trail, which 
Wolfskin inaugurated, led many eastward and westward, while 
Utes and other Amerinds had used it long before that. In¬ 
deed, as before mentioned, it was for a long time the first 
locality, coming up from the Grand Wash, where the stream 
could easily be crossed; a distance of about six hundred miles. 
Many strangely eroded cliffs and buttes appeared as we de¬ 
scended, and one of these, near the mouth of the San Rafael, 
Bonito Bend, between Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons. 
! Photograph by E. O. Beaman, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp 
was named after me. At one place we saw some springs bub¬ 
bling up from the bottom of an inlet, one of which was re¬ 
markable because of its size and power. Its jet was five or 
six inches in diameter, and rose six or eight inches above the 
surface, the water being two or three feet in depth. They 
were called Undine Springs. At the San Rafael a heavy rain¬ 
storm came up, and presently we detected a loud roaring we 
could not account for. At last, however, it was discovered to 
arise from the accumulated rain-water which was pouring over 
a near-by cliff in a muddy torrent. The whole country was 
