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The Colorado River 
from the line of the river five or six miles. On the right were 
two minor valleys within the canyon called Nancoweap and 
Kwagunt, named by Powell after the Pai Utes, who have trails 
coming down into them.^ As we went on, the canyon narrowed 
again, becoming wilder and grander than ever, and on the 28th, 
late in the day, we came 
to the first bad fall in 
this division, where a 
portage was necessary, 
and we made a camp. 
A short distance below 
this camp the granite 
ran up. To any one 
who has been in this 
chasm with a boat, the 
term ‘The granite runs 
up ” has a deep signifi¬ 
cance. It means that 
the First Granite Gorge 
is beginning, and this 
First Granite Gorge, in 
the Kaibab division of 
the canyon, less than 
fifty miles in length as 
the stream runs, con¬ 
tains the wildest, swift¬ 
est, steepest piece of 
river on this continent 
except a portion in Cat¬ 
aract Canyon. The de¬ 
clivity is tremendous. Between the Little Colorado and 
the Kanab the total fall is 890 feet, and the bulk of this 
drop occurs in the granite. In one stretch of ten miles 
the descent is 210 feet. All through this granite the character 
of the river is different from anything above. The falls are 
short and violent, while the stretches in between are smooth 
^ Kwagunt was the name of a Pai Ute who said he owned this valley—that his 
father, who used to live there, had given it to him. 
F. S. Dellenbaugh, 1872. 
The exploring costume consisted of a shirt as above, a 
pair of cotton overalls, heavy hobnailed shoes, 
and a felt hat. 
Tintype by J. K. Hillers. 
