. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . structures, builtexactly after the general plan of cliff-dwellings, insuitable niches of the rocks, but of so tiny anddiminutive a character as to have puzzled beyondany hope of explanation those earliest wanderersinto such hidden regions, — the gold the w^ay up the canyon similar food caches maybe found, some of them in places that, to-day, areabsolutely inaccessible, others where a little climb-ing can comfortably reach them. These are similar,in size, build, and general appearance, to those f
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . structures, builtexactly after the general plan of cliff-dwellings, insuitable niches of the rocks, but of so tiny anddiminutive a character as to have puzzled beyondany hope of explanation those earliest wanderersinto such hidden regions, — the gold the w^ay up the canyon similar food caches maybe found, some of them in places that, to-day, areabsolutely inaccessible, others where a little climb-ing can comfortably reach them. These are similar,in size, build, and general appearance, to those foundin Havasu (Cataract) Canyon, and which the Hava-supais explain were used by their long-time-backancestors as corn storehouses. Mescal pits arealso found in large numbers, showing that thegathering of the mescal, macerating, and cooking it,were here carried on extensively. The Indians tell me that on the northeast forkare a large number of cliff-dwellings, also a few inthe Canyon of the Bright Angel. The latter MajorPowell discovered and briefly described. 204 IN AND AROUND. CHAPTER XVIII PEACH SPRINGS TRAIL THE nearest point on the Santa Fe main linefrom which the Grand Canyon may bereached is Peach Springs, an insignificant station eighty-seven mileswest of Williams, andfour hundred andtwenty-three east ofLos Angeles. Butthe scenery is so in-ferior, compared withthat of any of thepoints elsewhere de-scribed, that onlywhen it is found im-possible to go to thesepoints is a visitor jus-tified in seeing theGrand Canyon at aspot where its ma-Ax THE Mouth of Diamond Creek jestyand grandeur areIN THE Grand Canyon. i r ^ \/ . -i • SO dwarfed. Vet this is an historic trail. The Peach Springs Canyon has been so worked upon that one can drive all the way to the mouth of Diamond Creek, which unites with Peach Springs
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