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"notes 9:. and as were taken from (lane 'loyal on the worth rain
n 9n n y be seen the coloradn ’ine‘r w‘ ‘ch is nrovanly om feet
wide. 1 oto “6 in of 1'. (17. sze oyal wit fie canyon in the Back
groan" ’Tlie Colorado Hive: is visihle at the left center of the
picture His is one of the few photos that I took, since it. was
the official otogranher of thc expedition.

at one p. ce the ranger
asked if everyone could see a
mount i in the distance to
whlc‘n r p ted, just north
of east. rt course we all saw
it altno it was outlined din—
ly against the sky. 7!: told
us tinat this mountain \"as in
Colorado 240 miles away- on a
straight line
and that it can
be seen only on clear days.
If one :ished to go there hy
car it would require a jour-
ney of 450 mile
I studied the sin; line
carefully and noted that it
was the only mountain in that
general direction. I also
noted my nosition with re—
spect to the «sun and the can-
yon. Then at the first. o'mor-
tunity : locked on a map and
saw that the only prominent
mountain in that direction
was in Colorado and it scaled
a'nout r40 miles on the map.
ink or such remarkable Vis-
ihllity. Really it is not a
safe country in will ta eon—
mit even the t , est of
disoresslons durlng t'ne oay.
After dinner at the
camp fire the ranger reques-
ted a subject from his aud-
ience on which to talk. Some
one auzgested indians, “or
the next two hours thls rang—
er held the attendinn of every
one there ont a nest inter—
csting talk about the Amer-
ican lndian. At the end many
questions were asked which lie
answered. is talk was very
much a eoiated and enjoyed
by the visitors.

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