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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />July 23-0n starting, we come at once to difficult rapids and falls, that in many places are more abrupt <br />than in any of the canyons through which were have passed, and we decide to name this Cataract <br />Canyon. <br /> <br />July 24-We examine the rapids below. Large rocks have fallen from the walls-great, angular blocks, <br />which have rolled down the talus and are strewn along the channel. We are compelled to make <br />three portages in succession, the distance being less than three fourths of a mile, with a fall of 75 <br />feet. Among these rocks, in chutes, whirlpools, and great waves, with rushing breakers and foam, <br />the water finds its way, still tumbling down. We stop for the night only three fourths of a mile below <br />the last camp. A vel}' hard day's work has been done, and at evening I sit on a rock by the edge <br />of the river and look at the water and listen to its roar. <br /> <br />John Wesley Powell, 1869 <br /> <br />iii <br />