. The Pacific tourist . it went into winter quarters. It was ex- pected to pass through this canon, however, thatsame fall, and hence the preparations which theMormons made to receive it. Their armyâtheNauvoo Legion, redivivux, mider the command ofGen. Daniel H. Wells, had its camp near theserocks, in a little widening of the valley below,just beyond where you pass a pocket ofboulders, or detached parts of the ledges above,which have sometime, in the dim past, rolledinto the valley. The rocky fort being passed,with the pocket of boulders and the site of theold camp, the traveler next approache
. The Pacific tourist . it went into winter quarters. It was ex- pected to pass through this canon, however, thatsame fall, and hence the preparations which theMormons made to receive it. Their armyâtheNauvoo Legion, redivivux, mider the command ofGen. Daniel H. Wells, had its camp near theserocks, in a little widening of the valley below,just beyond where you pass a pocket ofboulders, or detached parts of the ledges above,which have sometime, in the dim past, rolledinto the valley. The rocky fort being passed,with the pocket of boulders and the site of theold camp, the traveler next approaches Steam-boat Rock, a huge red projection like the prowof a big propeller. A little cedar, like a flag ofperpetual green, shows its head on the bow,while farther back, the beginning of the hurri-cane deck is visible. It slopes off to the reai,and becomes enveloped in the rocky massaround it. By some, this is called The GreatEastern, and the one just below it, if anything,a more perfect representation of a steamer, is. SKNTINKL KUCK, KCHO CANON. called The Great Republic. They are reallycurious formations, and wonderful to those wholook upon them for the first time. SentinelRock comes next. It is within a cove andseems withdrawn from the front, as though shun-ning the gaze of the passing world, yet in a posi-tion to observe every thing that goes by. If thetrain would only stop and give you more time-but this cannot be done, and your only recourse
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