we much of the success of our journey. Mr. Galloway hunts and
traps through the wilds of Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, and has a fame
for skill and nerve throughout this entire region. He makes a yearly
trip through the upper canyons, usually in a boat of his own
construction; and in addition has the record of being the only person
who has made two complete trips through the entire series of canyons,
clear to Needles. He it is who has worked out the type of boats we
used, and their management in the dangerous waters of the Colorado.

We have tried to make this narrative not only simple, as we say, but
truthful. However, no two people can see things in exactly the same
light. To some, nothing looks big; to others, every little danger is
unconsciously magnified out of all proportion. For instance, we can
recall rapids which appeared rather insignificant at first, but which
seemed decidedly otherwise after we had been overturned in them and
had felt their power--especially at the moment when we were sure we
had swallowed a large part of the water that composed them.

The reader will kindly excuse the use of the first person, both
singular and plural. It is our own story, after all, and there seems
to be no other way than to tell it as you find it here.

+CONTENTS+

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PREPARATIONS AT GREEN RIVER CITY, WYOMING 1

II. INTERESTING SIGHTS OF SOUTHERN WYOMING 12

III. THE GATEWAY OF ALL THE CANYONS 22

IV. SUSPICIOUS HOSTS 36

V. THE BATTLE WITH LODORE 50

VI. HELL'S HALF MILE 64

VII. JIMMY GOES OVER THE MOUNTAIN 71

VIII. AN INLAND EXCURSION 83

IX. CANYON OF DESOLATION 93

X. HOSPITABLE RANCHMEN 102

XI. WONDERS OF EROSION 111

XII. COULD WE SUCCEED? 121

XIII. A COMPANION VOYAGER 129

XIV. A PATIENT AMID THE CATARACTS 142

XV. PLACER GOLD 156

XVI. A WARNING 169

XVII. A NIGHT OF THRILLS 178

XVIII. MARBLE HALLS AND MARBLE WALLS 190

XIX. SIGNALLING OUR CANYON HOME 203

XX. ONE MONTH LATER