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On my return from the first exploration of the canyons of the Colorado, I found that our journey had been the theme of much newspaper writing. A story of disaster had been circulated, with many particulars of hardship and tragedy, so that it was currently believed throughout the United States that all the members of the party were lost save one. A good friend of mine had gathered a great number of obituary notices, and it was interesting and rather flattering to me to discover the high esteem in which I had been held by the people of the United States. In my supposed death. | Canyons of the Colorado by J. W. Powell 1 PROJECT GUTENBERG CANYONS OF THE COLORADO J w Powell CHAPTER PAGE CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. Canyons of the Colorado by J. W. Powell The Project Gutenberg EBook of Canyons of the Colorado by J. W. Powell Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get Canyons of the Colorado by J. W. Powell 2 involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title Canyons of the Colorado Author J. W. Powell Release Date May 2005 EBook 8082 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on June 12 2003 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding Windows-1252 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CANYONS OF THE COLORADO Produced by Eric Eldred CANYONS OF THE COLORADO BY J. W. POWELL . . Formerly Director of the United States Geological Survey. Member of the National Academy of Sciences etc. etc. WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. First published 1895 PREFACE. On my return from the first exploration of the canyons of the Colorado I found that our journey had been the theme of much newspaper writing. A story of disaster