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on horseback - Seeing that the fall in the bottom of the canon was very great I had hopes of turning it - & at once struck up the bed. In less than an hour I had found a route & sent Spaulding back for the Com'd. The new route skirted the edge of the canon for about two miles, gradually turning toward the eastward & then to my delight began to crawl up a backbone between the Spauldings Ck Canon's on our right and an unknown ? on our left - When this