shore where the other had been drawn from the water. There was no question now as to th

e missing and the discovery served

got loose?" inquired Fred,

ot loose,'" retorted G

mebody took it?"

s only one way the boat could get into the river. One was for

n is," said Georg

question about that,"

le the boat? I mean the two tha

take it," said John. "And i

"You started those men on the trail. If you had ke

me the expression of a martyr. "If anything goes wrong, put the blame on

isn't goin' to bring back our boat. The question is wha

t into one boat?

t you won't stay in very lon

we do, then?

ok around and see if we can find anything that

e began a search along the shore, Fred and

resence of the men whom they suspected. The plain fact was that t

e guide's statement that it could not carry six

you here and the rest o' us can strike out across the country for more supplies. It won't be so hard comin' back as

t what else can we

boat and then strike out for Thorn's Gu

days to do that,"

take four and maybe

was decided that Pete and John should go for additional supplies while

departing Pete that no one should

gestion and within an hour Pete, who was nearly as tall

might find the boat stranded somewhere in the region. Their search was unavailing and when they returned to the camp it was with a fixed opinion that t

ampfire conversation turned upon the mighty riv

an' about the only man that ever went the wh

a little boat?

Zeke. "They were all small, but ev

alone?" inq

men went

it?" ask

t me tell you. Even the Indians were afraid of the river and e

ou mean?"

whirlpools, whether there might be ahead o' him some great underground passage where the river had cut its way and the boat might be carried in there and never get out. Then too when they started on a swift current no one could tell when

ith the other one

n that ever came out to these parts. Unless p'raps it was Bill Williams, who

h Major Powell come throu

l floated clear of the Grand Canyon. It's strange about that. The exploring party came out all right, but not one of the four men

ians knew all about the G

What I said was that the Indians were afraid of the pl

hey?" asked

the road to heaven. They had a story that one time one of their big chiefs lost his wife. He was very fond of her and when she died it seemed

with him. The chief took him at his word and Tavwoats started right away to take the chief where he could look on the happiness of his wife. It seems the trail he ma

to keep out those who did not deserve to go to the Happy Land. That's the way the Colorado River was formed, at least accordin'

s he spoke. "The Indians must have had a lot of po

is full of poetry then, the same as it is full of rows and yells and shouts, and you can see the redskins full of poetry,-some people out here call the stuff t

night. Fred was the first to set an example but in a brief time the other Go Ahead