The Romance of the Colorado River | Page 4

With the Great Bore of the Colorado--1540.
026. The Colorado at the Junction of the Gila.
030. Cocopa Tule Raft.
037. Map. The Grand-Marble Canyon Region.
041. The "Hole in the Wall" near Fort Defiance, Arizona.
041. opp. Relief Map of the Grand Canyon Region.
043. Looking Down Upon Glen Canyon.
052. Gray's Peak, Torrey's Peak.
055. Outline Sketch of the Grand Canyon from Point Sublime.
057. Profile of the Colorado Through the Grand Canyon.
079. Across the House Tops of Zuni.
081. Ruin Called Casa Grande, Arizona.
083. In the Grand Canyon. Kolb Expedition 1911.
093. In the Moki Town of Mishongnuvi, Arizona.
095. The Canyon of the Little Colorado.
098. A Zuni Home.
099. The Governors of Zuni.
101. Pai Ute Girls, Southern Utah, Carrying Water.
109. Map. Green River through the Uinta Mountains 1871
113. Ashley Falls, Red Canyon, Green River, inset with Ashley's rock signature.
129. A Portage in the Canyon of Lodore.
137. Las Vegas, Southern Nevada, on the Old Spanish Trail, 1876.
159. Robinson's Landing, mouth of the Colorado river.
161. The Steamer Explorer in which Lieut. Ives in 1858 Ascended the Colorado to Foot of Black Canyon.
163. Looking Down on the Grand Canyon from the Mouth of the Kanab.
178. A Glen of Glen Canyon.
180. In Cataract Canyon.
185. John Wesley Powell, about 1876.
195. Red Canyon--Green River. Upper portion. Looking up stream.
197. Canyon of Lodore--Upper part of Disaster Falls.
201. Canyon of Lodore. Looking down at Triplet Falls.
203. Echo Rock on Right, from which Echo Rock Takes its Name.
205. The Canyon of Desolation--Sumner's Amphitheatre.
206. The Canyon of Desolation--Low Water.
214. The Crags at Millecrag Bend, foot of Cataract Canyon.
215. The Music Temple Alcove, Glen Canyon.
217. The Depths of the Grand Canyon at Sunset.
219. The Grand canyon. The "Sockdologer" Rapid.
223. In the Midst of a Grand Canyon Rapid.
225. The Grand canyon--Granite Buttresses.
229. The Basket Maker. Old woman of the Kaibab Pai Utes.
231. Brother Belder's--Virgen City. A typical frontier Mormon home.
242. Ready for the Start, U.S. Colorado River Expedition, Green River, Wyoming, 1871.
243. Portraits of all by Two Members of the Boat Party of the U.S. Colorado River Expedition of 1871.
267. A Halt for Observations.
275. The Butte of the Cross, between Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons.
285. Cataract Canyon, Right-hand Wall Near Lower End.
289. Glen Canyon Wall.
290. Glen Canyon.
302. The Crew of the "Trilobite."
308. Major Powell and a Pai Ute. Southern Utah, 1872.
315. Major Powell in the field, 1872.
321. Marble Canyon.
326. F.S. Dellenbaugh, 1872. The exploring costume.
329. Running the Sockdologer, Grand Canyon.
333. What May Happen Anytime. Boat punctured.
335. A Capsize in the Grand Canyon.
345. In Marble Canyon.
352. One of the Julien Inscriptions. D. Julien--1863--3 Mai.
360. The Grand Canyon. In the First Granite Gorge.
365. Looking up the Grand Canyon, at the Foot of Toroweap, Uinkaret Division, 1875.
366. The Grand Canyon--Lava Falls.
367. On the Bright Angel Trail.
374. John Wesley Powell. 1834-1902. 1901 portrait.
388. Appendix. The canyons, valleys, and mouths of principal tributaries of the Colorado, in order, page 1.
389. Appendix. The canyons, valleys, and mouths of principal tributaries of the Colorado, in order, page 2.
392. In the Grand Canyon Opposite Shinumo Creek.

The Romance of the Colorado River: The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons
By Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
Member of the United States Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872
"No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms: This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath For the fiend's glowing hoof----" Browning
To my friends and comrades of the Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872 in grateful remembrance.
PREFACE
Early in 1871, when Major Powell* was preparing for his second descent through the canyons of the Green and Colorado rivers, he was besieged by men eager to accompany him; some even offered to pay well for the privilege. It was for me, therefore, a piece of great good fortune when, after an interview in Chicago with the eminent explorer, he decided to add me to his small party. I was very young at the time, but muscular and healthy, and familiar with the handling of small boats. The Major remarked that in the business before us it was not so much age and strength that were needed as "nerve," and he evidently believed I had enough of this to carry me through. Certainly in the two-years, continuous work on the river and in the adjacent country I had some opportunity to develop this desirable quality. I shall never cease to feel grateful to him for the confidence reposed in me. It gave me one of the unique experiences of my life,--an experience which, on exactly the same lines, can never be repeated within our borders. Now, these thirty years after, I review that experience with satisfaction and pleasure, recalling, with deep affection, the kind and generous companions of that wild and memorable journey. No party of men thrown together, without external contact for months at a time,