Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, with a foreword by Owen Wister;new edition with (72 plates) from photographs by the author and his brother . BADGER CREEK RAPID. NOTE STERN OF BOAT BESIDE ROCK NEAR HAND- oi MARBLE l\ MARBLE \ / Stone. A NIGHT OF THRILLS l8l As we had anticipated, there was no mail for us, sowe turned to inspect the mail carrier. He was a splendidspecimen of the Navajo Indian, — a wrestler of noteamong his people, we were told, — large and muscular,and with a peculiar springy, slouchy walk that gave onethe impression of great reserve strength. He had ri
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, with a foreword by Owen Wister;new edition with (72 plates) from photographs by the author and his brother . BADGER CREEK RAPID. NOTE STERN OF BOAT BESIDE ROCK NEAR HAND- oi MARBLE l\ MARBLE \ / Stone. A NIGHT OF THRILLS l8l As we had anticipated, there was no mail for us, sowe turned to inspect the mail carrier. He was a splendidspecimen of the Navajo Indian, — a wrestler of noteamong his people, we were told, — large and muscular,and with a peculiar springy, slouchy walk that gave onethe impression of great reserve strength. He had riddenthat day from Tuba, an agency on their reservation,about seventy miles distant. This was the first signof an Indian that we had seen in this section, althoughwe had been travelling along the northern boundary oftheir reservation since leaving the mouth of the SanJuan. These Indians have no use for the river, beingchildren of the desert, rather than of the water. Beyondan occasional crossing and swimming their horses ateasy fords, they make no attempt at its navigation, evenin the quiet water of Glen Canyon. Some of the men showed this Indian our boats, andtold him of our journey. He smiled, and
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