item: #1 of 4 id: 13150 author: Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) title: Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico date: None words: 84836 flesch: 80 summary: There was little water to be found, and in many ways it was just as inhospitable as the canyon. The boats, too, were somewhat unusual in design, having been carefully worked out by Galloway after much experience with the problem, and after building many boats. keywords: boat; camp; canyon; channel; colorado; colorado river; country; creek; current; day; days; distance; emery; end; evening; feet; find; foot; grand; green river; half; home; hour; land; left; line; making; man; men; miles; morning; mountains; near; night; old; picture; place; point; ranch; rapid; red; river; rock; run; sand; section; shore; stream; time; trail; trees; trip; walls; water; waves; way; work cache: 13150.txt plain text: 13150.txt item: #2 of 4 id: 20667 author: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel title: A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 date: None words: 117931 flesch: 74 summary: On making camp the day suit was spread out on rocks or on a branch of a tree if one were near, or on a bush to dry, and it was generally, though not always, comfortably so, in the morning when it was again put on for the river work. Some new shoes had been sent in to us, but for climbing and walking the rawhide-soled moccasins were excellent and would save our shoes for river work. keywords: andy; beaman; boats; camp; canyon; cap; clem; cliffs; colorado; colorado river; country; creek; crossing; current; day; days; descent; dinner; distance; end; expedition; feet; fire; foot; good; grand; green; half; jack; jacob; jones; kanab; left; let; line; major; men; miles; morning; mountains; mouth; near; night; north; o'clock; party; photograph; place; point; powell; prof; rapid; red; river; rocks; run; saw; snow; spring; steward; time; trail; valley; walls; water; way; west; white; work cache: 20667.txt plain text: 20667.txt item: #3 of 4 id: 34909 author: McAllan, Alexander title: Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado date: None words: 22344 flesch: 76 summary: Are such to be seen in our Canyon? Numerous =tung= (see 12th term,) in the shape of caves or holes are undoubtedly there, but in addition the old account notices =hueh=. Have such been found? Somewhere in this immense and peerless =Ta Hoh=--somewhere among the majestic mountains--somewhere along the bed of the Colorado (either inside or outside of Middle Park,) the investigator should find a section which is =bottomless=. keywords: = le=; = mu=; = ta; account; canyon; chinese; colorado; course; eastern; gulf; miles; note; people; pimo; region; river; sea; stream; sun; suns; term; torches; tree; walls; water cache: 34909.txt plain text: 34909.txt item: #4 of 4 id: 35268 author: Bass, William Wallace title: Adventures in the Canyons of the Colorado, by Two of Its Earliest Explorers date: None words: 10574 flesch: 78 summary: These incidents will explain, in great measure, my suspicions and questions as to anything related by Major Powell. While our party, J. C. Sumner in charge, was in camp at this place, Major Powell and party pulled in with their pack animals, twenty-five animals and twelve or eighteen men. keywords: boat; canyon; colorado; dunn; grand; major; men; party; powell; river; time; white cache: 35268.txt plain text: 35268.txt