. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . see this was well received when he reached Tusayan, and wasentertained by the natives, who gave him guides for hisjourney. They started from here loaded with provisions,for they had to go through a desert country before reach-ing the inhabited region, which the Indians said was morethan tw^enty days journey. After they had gone twentydays they came to the banks of the river, which seemed tobe more than three or four leagues above the stream whichflowed between them. — Castenada. When Coronado started o
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . see this was well received when he reached Tusayan, and wasentertained by the natives, who gave him guides for hisjourney. They started from here loaded with provisions,for they had to go through a desert country before reach-ing the inhabited region, which the Indians said was morethan tw^enty days journey. After they had gone twentydays they came to the banks of the river, which seemed tobe more than three or four leagues above the stream whichflowed between them. — Castenada. When Coronado started on his land expedition,Mendoza sent out a sea expedition, commanded toco-operate with it, placing two vessels under thedirection of Hernando de Alarcon. He was instructed to sail northward, following thecoast as closely as possible. He was to keep near thearmy, and communicate with it at every opportunity, trans-porting the heavy baggage and holding himself ready atall times to render any assistance which Coronado mightdesire. Alarcon sailed May 9, 1540, probably THE GRAND CANYON 13 ** He followed the shore closely and explored many-harbors, but he nowhere succeeded in obtaining any newsof the army of Coronado. — GEORGE PARKER WiNSHlP. At last, reaching the sand-bars and shoals at thehead of the Gulf of California, and investigationrevealing that he was at the mouth of a great river,he resolved to explore it, and, — taking twenty men in two boats, started upstream onThursday, August 26, 1540, when white men for the firsttime floated on the waters of the Colorado. The Indiansappeared on the river banks during the following silence with which the strangers answered the threat-ening shouts of the natives, and the presence of the Indianinterpreters in the boats, soon overcame the hostile attitudeof the savages. The European trifles which had beenbrought for gifts and for trading completed the work ofestablishing friendly relations, and the Indians soon b
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