. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . cliffs,gave an odd reality to this impression. At short distancesother avenues of equally magnificent proportions camein from one side or the other; and no trail being left onthe rocky pathway, the idea suggested itself that were theguides to desert us our experience might further resemblethat of the dwellers in the unblest abodes, — in the difficultyof getting out. Huts of the rudest construction, visible here and therein some sheltered niche or beneath a projecting rock,and the sight of a hideous old squaw st
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . cliffs,gave an odd reality to this impression. At short distancesother avenues of equally magnificent proportions camein from one side or the other; and no trail being left onthe rocky pathway, the idea suggested itself that were theguides to desert us our experience might further resemblethat of the dwellers in the unblest abodes, — in the difficultyof getting out. Huts of the rudest construction, visible here and therein some sheltered niche or beneath a projecting rock,and the sight of a hideous old squaw staggering undera bundle of fuel, showed that we had penetrated into thedomestic retreats of the Wallapais nation. Our party 2o6 IN AND AROUND being, in all probability, the first company of whites thathad ever been seen by them, we had anticipated producinga great effect, and were a little chagrined when the oldwoman, and two or three others of both sexes that weremet, went by without taking the slightest notice of us. Ifpack-trains had been in the habit of passing twenty times. Powell Pyramid at the Foot of Peach Springs Trail. a day they could not have manifested a more completeindifference. Seventeen miles of this strange travel had now been ac-complished. The road was becoming more difficult, andwe looked ahead distrustfully into the dark and apparentlyinterminable windings, and wondered where we were to finda camping place. At last we struck a wide branch canyoncoming in from the south, and saw with joyful surprisea beautiful and brilliantly clear stream of water gushingover a pebbly bed in the centre, and shooting from betweenthe rocks in sparkling jets and miniature cascades. On THE GRAND CANYON 207 cither side was an oasis of verdure, — young willows and athick patch of grass. Camp was speedily formed, and menand mules have had a welcome rest after their fatiguingjourney. A hundred yards below the camp the canyon takes aturn; but as it was becoming very dark, all fur
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