Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . Creek. CataractCreek flows in a winding, tortuous
Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . Creek. CataractCreek flows in a winding, tortuous way for a number ofmiles, then disappears — one of the many strange streamsof this State of wonders. One cannot conceive where ithas gone, until, in the heart of Havasu Canyon — whichused to be called Cataract Canyon — after one has gonedown a ten- or twelve-mile trail, glimpsing more stu-pendous wonders than most people see in a lifetime, there,to his never-to-be-forgotten surprise, the lost streamcomes to life again in a thousand springs that bubble upout of the apparently solid sandstone rocks, at the baseof a cliff over two thousand feet high. Uniting, theyform the Havasu,— Haha, water; vasu, blue; the BlueWater — of the Havasupai, pai signifying people. The village of this interesting tribe begins here, andthe canyon varies in width from a few hundred feet to aquarter of a mile, through the center of which the Hav-asu flows. The stream is lined with such a profusion ofrank willow growth, that Lieutenant Cushing, who came.
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