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"Carley," called Flo, "come--looksee, as the Indians say Here is
Glenn's Painted Desert, and I reckon it's shore worth seeing"
To Carley's surprise, she found herself upon the knob of the foothill
And when she looked out across a suddenly distinguishable void she
seerasp She
dropped her bridle; she gazed slowly, as if drawn, hearing Flo's voice
"That thin green line of cottonwoods down there is the Little Colorado
River," Flo was saying "Reckon it's sixty ins there and also the Navajo Reservation You see the
white strips, the red veins, the yellow bars, the black lines They are
all desert steps leading up and up for miles That sharp black peak
is called Wildcat It's about a hundred rowing dim--lost in distance? We don't
know that country But that north country we know as lande The Indians call it Echo Cliffs At
the far end it drops off into the Colorado River Lee's Ferry is
there--about one hundred and sixty ed black rent is the
Grand Canyon Looks like a thread, doesn't it? But Carley, it's some
hole, believe
and turning to come this way That's the north wall of the Canyon It