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Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: United States. War Dept Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Subjects: Pacific railroads Discoveries in geography Natural history Indians of North America
Publisher: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer (etc.)
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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athered from the banks of the creek. Mingled with water, thewhole had been cooked by stirring it up with heated stones. They probably owed us no goodwill for disturbing their meal, but nevertheless kept at a respectful distance. At 2 p. m. wereached the point where White Cliff creek emerged from the hills, and found ourselves enteringa wide valley, bounded on the west by a range of mountains before seen from Aztec Pass, andnamed Blue Ridge. The stream, turning southerly, appeared a short distance below to join a wide arroyo fromthe north, called Big Sandy. There the water sunk below the surface of loose gravel. Thetrap dikes, calcareous cliffs, and masses of broken and worn sandstone, that we had successivelypassed through since leaving Bill Williams fork, gave place to granite, leading us to expectfew canons beyond. It therefore became desirable to bring the train to this point. In return-ing, instead of ascending White Cliff creek to its source, we proposed to proceed farther north,
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YAMPAIS INDIANS.—ROUTE TO THE COLORADO. 97 and explore among the sandstone and granitic mountains, which are smoother and less brokeninto canons than the volcanic region we have traversed. We therefore grazed the mules, filledour canteens, and then followed an Indian trail by a northerly course, up a dry ravine. Afterwinding among granitic hills about two miles, we entered a higher step of the valley, whichlooked smooth and nearly level for an immense distance towards the north. But we turned to the right around the base of the mountain, and two miles beyond took possession of a grassyspot among the cedars for a nights rest. The Indians are still lurking about us. They havebeen seen and tracked to the mountains, where was found a curious sandal, made of willow twigsinterlaced and bound with sinews. Leroux supposes these Indians to be Yampais, who range to the junction of Bio Virgen with the Colorado. Towards the northeast are the Cosninos. Southof them, and to the Grila, the Tontos ar

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