9634

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9634
• Author: Kolb, E. and E. Kolb
• Title: Experiences in the Grand Canyon
• USFW Year: 1914
• USFW - Doc Type: The National Geographic Magazine
• Copyright Material: NO

the Lushes. The Captain was
an old acquaintance, as \vere
many of the other Indians, and
.ibis tithe at least we were glad
to see him. L:xtending his
hand in greeting, with his thin-
lipped gash of a mouth spread
in his most amiable smile, he
inquired not after our health,
as you might anticipate, but if
\ve had '`filenty sugar," for the
Captain was an inveterate l.Jeg-
gar. Telling hint to come to
the camp the next morning,
we resumed our journey clown
the road, as we wished- to
camp a half mile 1)elow that
evening. before we conl~l
reach this poinl we harl to
cross a rushing creel: tvvo or
three times. It was with difli-
culty that we persuaded the
Lurros to make the crossing,
and when they did go it w~ls
\vith a violent scramble: for
the opposite shore. b1~e won-
dered ,many times how our
]ilates were faring.
Havasu, or Cataract Creel:..
is a beautiful stream amid
wildly picturesque sun-ound-
ings. Ilavasu, freely trans-
lated from the language of
these natives, signifies "bloc
water," and when combined
with "pal," meaning people,
gives theta the very poetical
Hanle by which the}- are
i;nown -the People of the
L'luc hhatcr-much nun-c po-
etical, we thinl:, than their
dirty appearance warrants.
]-lavasu~ Creel; is formed 1)y
lire sadden appearance above
tllc c:w-th 1,f an under;;ronnd
slrcant ; the exact location uF
its emergence changing fi-om
time to time, bat alvv'ays within
a small rallies a short distance
ahnvc the village.
\fanp miles ahwe this place,
at a point \vhere caves and
sunken rocks make an open-
ing, the water can be heard
far belo\v the surface, rushing
through its underground chan-
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I'ho[o by Bulb lirothcrs
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Cl:~l;li
The falls are al,ouC too feet high and are built up by a
mineral Deposit -from the grater (see test, pa~c to7)